The importance of body composition and dry weight assessments in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Acta Physiol Hung
; 98(2): 105-16, 2011 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-21616769
ABSTRACT
Chronic volume overload is the major cause of hypertension and other cardiovascular morbidity in dialysis patients. One of the most important goals of physicians who take care of patients with chronic renal failure is to obtain near euvolemia or "dry body weight" in order to maintain or normalize blood pressure and prevent further cardiovascular events. In clinical practice, exact estimation of dry weight in hemodialysis patients remains a major challenge. Alterations in body composition, particularly malnutrition, are common in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis and contribute to a high mortality rate. In contrast, obesity - a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality - is prevalent amongst kidney allograft recipients in - long term after renal transplantation. Several technological tools and biochemical markers for estimation of plasma volume and body composition are available for clinical use. Our aim was to highlight the importance of control of body fluid volume and body composition in patients with chronic kidney disease and to describe the different methods available for such measurements.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Composición Corporal
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Peso Corporal
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Fallo Renal Crónico
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Physiol Hung
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Noruega