NT-proBNP, fluid volume overload and dialysis modality are independent predictors of mortality in ESRD patients

Paniagua, Ricardo; de Jesús Ventura, María; Avila-Diaz, M.; Hinojosa-Heredia, Héctor; Méndez-Durán, Antonio; M. Cueto–Manzano, Alfonso; Cisneros, A.; Ramos, Alfonso; Madonia-Juseino, C.; Belio-Caro, Francisco; García-Contreras, F; Trinidad‐Ramos, Pedro; Vázquez, Rafael; Ilabaca, Begoña; Ribeiro de Alcântara, Gracielly; Amato, Dante

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfp395

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NT-proBNP, fluid volume overload and dialysis modality are independent predictors of mortality in ESRD patients

Published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation • Aug 12, 2009

Authors:

Ricardo Paniagua

María de Jesús Ventura

M. Avila-Diaz

Abstract

BACKGROUND: N-terminal fragment of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a marker of both fluid volume overload and myocardial damage, and it has been useful as a predictor of mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It has been suggested that continuous ambulatory peritoneal d...

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Medicine

Intravascular volume status

Volume overload

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