Risk factors for mortality in end-stage kidney disease patients under online-hemodiafiltration: three-year follow-up study |
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| Authors: | Pedro de Sousa-Martins Alexandra Moura José Madureira Pablo Alija José Gerardo Oliveira Martin Lopez |
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| Institution: | 1. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal;2. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal;3. Clínica de Hemodiálise NefroServe, Barcelos, Portugal;4. Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal;5. Clínica de Hemodiálise de Felgueira, Felgueiras, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this work was to evaluate the predictors of mortality in a group of end-stage kidney disease (ESRD) patients under dialysis, by performing a three-year follow-up study. From the 236 patients included in this study, 54 patients died during the three-year follow-up period. Our data showed that the risk of death was higher in patients presenting lower levels of mean cell hemoglobin concentration, transferrin, and albumin. Our study showed that poor nutritional status and an inflammatory-induced iron depleted erythropoiesis are important factors for mortality in these patients. |
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| Keywords: | End-stage kidney disease health-related quality of life inflammation iron metabolism mortality nutritional status online-hemodiafiltration |
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