Open AccessPotassium Trajectories prior to Dialysis and Mortality following Dialysis Initiation in Patients with Advanced CKD
Author(s) -
Ankur A. Dashputre,
Keiichi Sumida,
Praveen K. Potukuchi,
Suryatapa Kar,
Yoshitsugu Obi,
Fridtjof Thomas,
Miklós Molnár,
Elani Streja,
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh,
Csaba P. Kövesdy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the nephron journals/nephron journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 2235-3186
pISSN - 1660-8151
DOI - 10.1159/000514294
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , kidney disease , urology , confidence interval , cardiology
Patients with advanced non-dialysis-dependent CKD (NDD-CKD) have a reduced ability for maintaining plasma potassium (K) in normal range. Deviation from normal plasma K ranges is associated with increased mortality; however, the average trajectory of plasma K over time in patients with advanced NDD-CKD and the outcomes associated with plasma K trajectory are unknown.