The Extracellular Water Corrected for Height Predicts Technique Survival in Peritoneal Dialysis Patient

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Most patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) consume a normal Western diet that contains a large amount of salt. This causes increase in extracellular volume (“fl uid overload”) that has to be removed mostly with the dialysis fl uid, as residual renal function (if present) cannot cope with it. In the present study, we prospectively investigated whether an increased extracellular volume (corrected for height) predicted technique survival in PD patients.