Serum Albumin as a Predictor of Mortality in Peritoneal Dialysis: Comparisons With Hemodialysis

BACKGROUND: Serum albumin predicts mortality in dialysis patients and is used to assess their health status and the quality of delivered care. Whether the threshold level of serum albumin at which mortality risk increases in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is the same as for hemodialysis (HD) pati...

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Main Authors: Mehrotra, Rajnish, Duong, Uyen, Jiwakanon, Sirin, Kovesdy, Csaba P., Moran, John, Kopple, Joel D., Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159826/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21601335
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.03.018
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