Tag: weight
App helps haemodialysis patients control fluid intake
“The mortality rate for haemodialysis patients,” say the authors of a new study in Kidney Medicine, “remains unacceptably high.” Identifying interdialytic weight gain (IDWG)...
Severe obesity linked to lower AVF maturation rates
Researchers behind a new study published in the Annals of Vascular Surgery, among them lead author Laura Anderson and corresponding author Benjamin Brooke (both...
Weight gain in long dialysis intervals heightens mortality risk
A new retrospective cohort analysis published in Hemodialysis International has found that dialysis patients who gain weight in long intervals between dialysis sessions risk...