Failed Target Weight Achievement Associates with Short-Term Hospital Encounters among Individuals Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

Conclusions In the absence of objective measures of volume status, recurrent failure to achieve target weight is an easily identifiable clinical risk marker for impending hospital encounters among patients on hemodialysis.

Source: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - July 31, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Assimon, M. M., Wang, L., Flythe, J. E. Tags: Clinical Epidemiology Source Type: research