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Benefits of preserving residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis

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1 Benefits of preserving residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis
B. Marrón, C. Remón, M. Pérez-Fontán, P. Quirós, A. Ortíz  Kidney International  Volume 73, Pages S42-S51 (April 2008) DOI: /sj.ki Copyright © 2008 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Patient survival and technique success curves, according to RRF from the Andalusian Registry. Technique success refers to the probability of being both alive and on PD therapy. Kidney International  , S42-S51DOI: ( /sj.ki ) Copyright © 2008 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Loss of RRF contributes to inflammation, anemia, malnutrition, LVH, volume overload, hypertension and cardiovascular disease in PD patients, and interacts with them to increase morbidity and mortality. The decrease or absence of RRF itself is an independent adverse risk factor. Kidney International  , S42-S51DOI: ( /sj.ki ) Copyright © 2008 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Factors associated with risk of loss of RRF.
Adapted from Moist et al.5 Kidney International  , S42-S51DOI: ( /sj.ki ) Copyright © 2008 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions


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