American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 59, Issue 2 , Pages 238-248 , February 2012

Predialysis Serum Sodium Level, Dialysate Sodium, and Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

  • Manfred Hecking, MD

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Department of Internal Medicine III–Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Angelo Karaboyas, MS

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Rajiv Saran, MD, MRCP, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine–Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • University of Michigan–Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Ananda Sen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Walter H. Hörl, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III–Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Ronald L. Pisoni, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Bruce M. Robinson, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Gere Sunder-Plassmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III–Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Friedrich K. Port, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Friedrich K. Port, MD, MS, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, 340 E Huron, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Received 21 March 2011 ,Accepted 8 July 2011.

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 Originally published online September 26, 2011.

PII: S0272-6386(11)01179-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.07.013

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 59, Issue 2 , Pages 238-248 , February 2012