Why the study?
Do different quantitative approaches for evaluating dialytic adequacy agree in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis?
Population
15 patients treated by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis according to the peritoneal equilibration…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Indexes disagree on peritoneal dialysis adequacy; cautions against single-metric reliance and leaves open outcome-validated standardization.
Do different quantitative approaches for evaluating dialytic adequacy agree in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis?
Different quantitative indices for evaluating peritoneal dialysis adequacy show significant disagreement, highlighting the need for standardized methods to individualize treatment.
Mandolfo et al. (1993) studied this question.
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