Expert Opinions on the (Hemo)dialysate Sodium Prescription
A special issue of Kidney and Dialysis (ISSN 2673-8236).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 36259
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Interests: hemodialysis (especially volume management); posttransplant diabetes mellitus (especially after kidney transplantation); sex and gender differences in nephrology; renin-angiotensin system
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2. Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Interests: chronic kidney disease; hemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis; artificial intelligence; anemia; epidemiology
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Dear Colleagues,
Background: Numerous studies have attempted to help clinicians to prescribe the optimal sodium concentration in the dialysate bath of hemodialysis patients. However, studies on the associations between dialysate sodium concentrations and outcomes, such as intradialytic morbid events, cardiac morphology, cardiovascular disease, risk of hospitalizations and mortality, have been heavily debated. The scarcity of unconfounded insights from adequately powered randomized studies has complicated the conversation. In anticipation of insights from adequately powered studies, this Special Issue aims to amalgamate the current opinions of experts in the field informing the community on how to approach this complex topic in their clinical practice.
Specific Aim: “You are being put in charge as the Medical Director of a newly built dialysis clinic in your country. In consideration of available resources and reimbursement policies, how would you prescribe the dialysate sodium concentration for your patients? What would your approach be and why?”
Please provide your opinion statement in no less than 500 words.
Prof. Dr. Manfred Hecking
Prof. Dr. Peter Kotanko
Dr. Jochen G. Raimann
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hemodialysis
- volume management
- renin
- angiotensin
- dialysis
- serum
- dialysate sodium
- renal epidemiology
- sodium concentration
- clinic
- nephrology
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