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Small solute clearance targets in peritoneal dialysis
Author(s) -
JOHNSON DAVID,
BROWN FIONA,
LAMMI HELEN,
WALKER ROBERT
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1797
pISSN - 1320-5358
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00465_1.x
Subject(s) - citation , art history , history , medicine , library science , computer science
• Peritoneal dialysis (PD) adequacy should involve various measurements including clinical assessment of wellbeing, physical measurements, small solute clearance, fluid removal and the impact of treatment on the individual's life. Small solute clearance measurements should be interpreted in the context of all the clinical and laboratory assessments of dialysis adequacy. Measured clearances that fall short of the recommended targets should not necessarily be interpreted as providing inadequate dialysis, and measured clearances in excess of recommended targets should not necessarily be viewed as representing adequate dialysis.