Impedance ratio: a novel marker and a powerful predictor of mortality in hemodialysis patients
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: C. DEMIRCI, Gülay AŞCI, Meltem SEZİŞ, Mehmet ÖZKAHYA, Hüseyin TÖZ, Soner DUMAN, S. SIPAHI, S. ERTEN, M. TANRISEV, Ercan OK
INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2016, vol 48, pp 1155-1162
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-016-1292-1
Summary
Impedance ratio (Imp-R) obtained by multifrequency bioimpedance analysis (BIA) has been shown to be associated with volume and nutrition status. In this prospective study, the predictive role of Imp-R for mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients was investigated.