Evolution Over Time of Volume Status and PD-Related Practice Patterns in an Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: In this large cohort of incident participants on PD, with different treatment practices across centers and regions, we found substantial volume overload already at start of dialysis. Volume overload improved over time, and was associated with survival.
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Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - May 22, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Van Biesen W, Verger C, Heaf J, Vrtovsnik F, Britto ZML, Do JY, Prieto-Velasco M, Martínez JP, Crepaldi C, De Los Ríos T, Gauly A, Ihle K, Ronco C, IPOD-PD Study Group Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research