Prevalence and risk factors of fluid overload in Southern Chinese continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

BACKGROUND: Fluid overload is frequently present in CAPD patients and one of important predictors of mortality. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors in a cohort study of Southern Chinese CAPD patients. METHODS: The patients (receiving CAPD 3 months and m...

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Main Authors: Qunying Guo, Chunyan Yi, Jianying Li, Xiaofeng Wu, Xiao Yang, Xueqing Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3544813?pdf=render