Serum Bicarbonate And Survival In Peritoneal Dialysis (Pd): Comparison With Hemodialysis (Hd)

• Main Authors: Tania Sharma (Author), Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (Author), Miklos Z Molnar (Author), Allen Nissenson (Author), Mahesh Krishnan (Author), Rajnish Mehrotra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Correction of metabolic acidosis is one of the goals of effective dialysis. The KDOQI guidelines recommend serum bicarbonate >22 meq/L irrespective of dialysis modality. Since the measured bicarbonate reflects the steady state in PD patients and the lowest inter-dialytic value in HD patients, we...