Cardiothoracic ratio, malnutrition, inflammation, and two-year mortality in non-diabetic patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-151

  Chen, Kuan Hsing ^a   Lin Tan, Dan Tzu ^a   Huang, Wen Hung ^a   Hung, Cheng Chieh ^a   Chang, Chiz Tzung ^a   Huang, Jeng Yi ^a   Lin, Ja Liang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic ratio; Inflammation; Maintenance hemodialysis; Malnutrition; Mortality

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 46249109803     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127388     Document Type: Article

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