title: Would prescribing target Kt dose adjusted for body surface area improve hemodialysis outcomes?
abstract: The use of Kt/V to prescribe and monitor hemodialysis adequacy remains the current standard, although it is increasingly questioned. Alternative proposals for dose prescription and monitoring have been advocated. In a noninterventional, prospective study reported in this issue, Maduell et al., utilizing online ionic dialysance, explore the association between outcome measures (mortality and hospitalization rates) and the extent to which delivered Kt dose achieved minimal target Kt doses calculated from individual estimates of body surface area.
authors.affiliation: Renal Unit, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, United Kingdom; University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Farrington
authors.affiliation: UCL Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK. Electronic address: andrewdavenport@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davenport
mesh_terms: D001830:Body Surface Area; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006435:Renal Dialysis