Unlike Kt, high Kt/V is associated with greater mortality: The importance of low V.

CONCLUSION: Kt/V is not useful for determining dialysis doses in patients with low or reduced body water. Kt or the Kt/BSA are proposed as an alternative. PMID: 30075965 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Nefrologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola Nefrologia - August 5, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Nefrologia Source Type: research