Low Serum Potassium Levels Increase the Infectious-Caused Mortality in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Propensity-Matched Score Study

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hypokalemia has been consistently associated with high mortality rate in peritoneal dialysis. However, studies investigating if hypokalemia is acting as a surrogate marker of comorbidities or has a direct effect in the risk for mortality have not been studied. Thus, the ai...

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Publié dans:PLoS One
Auteurs principaux: Ribeiro, Silvia Carreira, Figueiredo, Ana Elizabeth, Barretti, Pasqual, Pecoits-Filho, Roberto, de Moraes, Thyago Proenca
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2015
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4474697/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091005
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127453
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