The target and impact of Kt/V for Asian ESRD patients on haemodialysis

• Main Authors: Mohamad Nor, Fariz Safhan, Hamzah, Mohd Hazlan, Seman, Mohd Ramli, MK, Ahmad, Chan, Chee Eng, Draman, Che Rosle, Wan Ali, Wan Ahmad Syahril Rozli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/58941/6/vasc%20access%20and%20ktv%20ishd.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58941/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hdi.12368/full

INTRODUCTION The pathology of renal failure results in the deterioration of multiple physiologic, biochemical, and biologic bodily functions. Haemodialysis (HD) is the main method of therapy of reducing the damages, up to some extent. KT/V has long been used to measure the adequacy of haemodialys...