Phosphorus metabolism in peritoneal dialysis- and haemodialysis-treated patients
Author(s) -
Pieter Evenepoel,
Björn Meijers,
Bert Bammens,
Liesbeth Viaene,
Kathleen Claes,
Ben Sprangers,
Maarten Naesens,
Tiny Hoekstra,
Georg Schlieper,
Dirk Vanderschueren,
Dirk Kuypers
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfv414
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , hemodialysis , dialysis , phosphorus , metabolism , urology , intensive care medicine , metallurgy , materials science
Phosphorus control is generally considered to be better in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients as compared with haemodialysis (HD) patients. Predialysis phosphorus concentrations are misleading as a measure of phosphorus exposure in HD, as these neglect significant dialysis-related fluctuations.
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