Abstract
Unlike hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a continuous therapy and does not induce myocardial stunning. However, since the death risk in HD and PD patients is similar we tested the hypothesis that low serum potassium levels contribute more to the high cardiac risk seen with PD resulting in cardiac risk equivalent to that seen with HD in patients treated in DaVita facilities between 7/1/2001 through 06/30/2006 in the United States (PD, 10,468; HD, 111,651). PD patients were significantly more likely to have serum potassium Download : Download full-size image
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