The problem with Kt/V: Dialysis dose should be normalized to metabolic rate not volume

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Ross Morton, A ^a   Singer, Michael A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846435303     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Review

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