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Satisfying KDOQI clinical practice guidelines for dialysis dosage, hematocrit, serum albumin, calcium, phosphorus, and parathyroid hormone is associated with decreased mortality in hemodialysis patients, whereas satisfying the blood pressure guideline is associated with increased mortality. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

July 19, 2007Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Which Targets in Clinical Practice Guidelines Are Associated with Improved Survival in a Large Dialysis Organization?

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FTFrancesca TentoriDaVita Clinical Research (United States)WHWilliam C. HuntNew Mexico Cancer Center MRMark RohrscheibUniversity of New Mexico

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Achieving KDOQI BP targets in HD shows no outcome link unlike other metrics; leaves open optimal BP goals pending RCTs.

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Tentori et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1ed737544bdf605faf56bb https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.2006111250

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