NIDDK Central Repository - Anthropometrically estimated total body water volumes are larger than modeled urea volume in chronic hemodialysis patients: effects of age, race, and gender.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00179.x

PubMed ID

12911564

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2003

Affiliation

National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. jtdaugir@uic.edu

Authors

Chertow GM, Chumlea C, Daugirdas JT, Depner TA, Greene T, Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study Group, Rocco MJ

Studies

HEMO

Citation

Daugirdas JT, Greene T, Depner TA, Chumlea C, Rocco MJ, Chertow GM, Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study Group. Anthropometrically estimated total body water volumes are larger than modeled urea volume in chronic hemodialysis patients: effects of age, race, and gender. Kidney Int 2003 Sep;64(3):1108-19.

Abstract

The modeled volume of urea distribution (Vm) in intermittently hemodialyzed patients is often compared with total body water (TBW) volume predicted from population studies of patient anthropometrics (Vant).