Not Signed In - Obesity An Advantage In MHD Patients
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:00 PM EST
... Despite significant improvements in dialysis treatments, currently over 20% of the 350,000 maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients in the United States die each year. A study published in Hemodialysis International finds that this high mortality rate may be attributed to malnutrition. [click link for full article] ...
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