Could albumin level explain the higher mortality in hemodialysis patients with pulmonary hypertension?

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yoo, Hugo Hyung Bok ^a   Martin, Luis Cuadrado ^a   Kochi, Ana Claudia ^a   Rodrigues Telini, Lidiane Silva ^a   Barretti, Pasqual ^a   Caramori, Jacqueline Teixeira ^a   Matsubara, Beatriz Bojikian ^a   Zannati Bazan, Silméia Garcia ^a   Franco, Roberto Jorge Da Silva ^a   Queluz, Thais Thomaz ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Prognostic; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84864510746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-80     Document Type: Article

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