Not Signed In - Obesity An Advantage In Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients, Study Finds
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:00 AM EST
... Despite significant improvements in dialysis treatments, currently over 20 percent of the 350,000 maintenance hemodialysis 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. ...
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