Improvement in acid/base status and nutrition in peritoneal dialysis patients

The aim of this study was to assess the possible benefits, in terms of nutritional state and morbidity, of improved correction of metabolic acidosis (MA) in the first year of treatment with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Two hundred consecutive new PD patients were randomised, in a single-blind fashion,...

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Main Author: Stein, Andrew
Published: University of Leicester 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696565