TY - JOUR
T1 - Treating the Obese Dialysis Patient
T2 - Challenges and Paradoxes
AU - Celebi-Onder, Songul
AU - Schmidt, Rebecca J.
AU - Holley, Jean L.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Obesity is a major epidemic in the general population and has added unique challenges to renal replacement therapy as choice of access, dialysis adequacy, and preparation for kidney transplantation may all be affected. There are few clinical studies on managing obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and no accepted strategies for the variety of problems encountered in this population. Attempts at weight loss are generally advisable to prevent obesity-related surgical complications and improve patient and graft survival after kidney transplantation. This article reviews the unique aspects of managing obese patients with ESRD.
AB - Obesity is a major epidemic in the general population and has added unique challenges to renal replacement therapy as choice of access, dialysis adequacy, and preparation for kidney transplantation may all be affected. There are few clinical studies on managing obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and no accepted strategies for the variety of problems encountered in this population. Attempts at weight loss are generally advisable to prevent obesity-related surgical complications and improve patient and graft survival after kidney transplantation. This article reviews the unique aspects of managing obese patients with ESRD.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.01017.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.01017.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22239110
AN - SCOPUS:84861229777
SN - 0894-0959
VL - 25
SP - 311
EP - 319
JO - Seminars in Dialysis
JF - Seminars in Dialysis
IS - 3
ER -