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March 3, 2013 Interviews, NKF 2013, Nutrition, Sodium No comments

Dietary Sodium Intake in Hemodialysis Patients Does Not Correlate with Interdialytic Weight Gain

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Deepika Jain, MD

Renal fellow, The Renal Electrolyte Division

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA

Hemodialysis.com: What are the main findings of the study?

Dr. Jain: Our study was aimed to analyze the baseline self reported sodium intake in maintenance hemodialysis population and see if it correlates with interdialytic weight gain. We know that sodium intake plays an important role in blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes in non dialysis patients. In dialysis population, there is some evidence that sodium load affects volume control, but how much of it actually associated with self reported dietary sodium intake in unknown.

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