Body size, dialysis dose and death risk relationships among hemodialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1891-1897

  Lowrie, Edmund G ^a,b   Li, Zhensheng ^a,b   Ofsthun, Norma ^a,b   Lazarus, J Michael ^a,b  

^a FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; BSA; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; ESRD; Kidney disease; Overweight; Survival

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036408424     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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