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Icodextrin as salvage therapy in peritoneal dialysis patients with refractory fluid overload

BACKGROUND: Icodextrin is a high molecular weight, starch-derived glucose polymer, which is capable of inducing sustained ultrafiltration over prolonged (12–16 hour) peritoneal dialysis (PD) dwells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of icodextrin to alleviate refractory, symptomatic...

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Autores principales: Johnson, David Wayne, Arndt, Mary, O'Shea, Amanda, Watt, Rhonda, Hamilton, Jan, Vincent, Kaia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC60994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-2-2