Bioimpedance-guided fluid management in hemodialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Achieving and maintaining optimal fluid status remains a major challenge in hemodialysis therapy. The aim of this interventional study was to assess the feasibility and clinical consequences of active fluid management guided by bioimpedance spectroscopy in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Fluid status was optimized prospectively in 55 chronic hemodialysis patients over 3 months (November 2011 to February 2012). Predialysis fluid overload was measured weekly using the Fresenius Body Composition Monitor. Time-averaged fluid overload was calculated as the average between pre- and postdialysis fluid overload. The study aimed to bring the time-averaged fluid overload of all patients into a target range of 0.5 ±

SUBMITTER: Moissl U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3805085 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature