Weekly Standard Kt/V_urea and Clinical Outcomes in Home and In-Center Hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Patients undergoing hemodialysis with a frequency other than thrice weekly are not included in current clinical performance metrics for dialysis adequacy. The weekly standard Kt/V_urea incorporates treatment frequency, but there are limited data on its association with clinical outcomes.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We used multivariable regression to examine the association of dialysis standard Kt/V_urea with BP and metabolic control (serum potassium, calcium, bicarbonate, and phosphorus) in patients incidental to dialysis treated with home (n=2373) or in-center hemodialysis (n=109,273). We further used Cox survival models to examine the association of dialysis standard Kt/V_urea with mor

SUBMITTER: Rivara MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967669 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature