Blood volume analysis as a guide for dry weight determination in chronic hemodialysis patients: a crossover study

Abstract Background Volume overload and depletion both lead to high morbidity and mortality. Achieving euvolemia is a challenge in patients with end stage kidney disease on hemodialysis (HD). Blood volume analysis (BVA) uses radiolabeled albumin to determine intravascular blood volume (BV). The meas...

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Main Authors: Line Malha, Hasan Fattah, Frank Modersitzki, David S. Goldfarb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-019-1211-7