Feasibility of Assessing Sodium-Associated Body Fluid Composition in End-Stage Renal Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease accounts for more than half of all deaths in the hemodialysis (HD) population. Although much of this mortality is associated with fluid overload (FO), FO is difficult to measure, and many HD patients have significant pulmonary congestion despite the absence of clinical presentation. Cohort studies have observed that FO, as measured by bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS), correlates with mortality. Other studies have observed that lower sodium intake is associated with less fluid-related weight gain, improved hypertension, and survival. Whether sodium intake influences FO in HD patients as measured by BIS is not known.

Objective

The aims of the study were to determine the feasibility of assessing the impact of sodium restriction on body fluid com

SUBMITTER: Clark-Cutaia MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494110 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature