Early changes in body weight and blood pressure are associated with mortality in incident dialysis patients

Conclusions
BW loss in the first weeks on dialysis is a strong and independent predictor of mortality. Low BP is also associated with mortality and is probably the consequence of underlying cardiovascular diseases. These early markers appear to be valuable prognostic factors.

Source: CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal - March 15, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Duranton, F., Duny, Y., Szwarc, I., Deleuze, S., Rouanet, C., Selcer, I., Maurice, F., Rivory, J.-P., Servel, M.-F., Jover, B., Brunet, P., Daures, J.-P., Argiles, A. Tags: DIALYSIS Source Type: research