Fatigue at PD Start Linked with Higher Mortality

A PLOS One study compared 4,285 incident PD patients who completed a KDQOL-SF vitality scale from Brazil (1,388) and the U.S. (2,897) from 2004 to 2011. Lower vitality scores after 90 days of PD were linked with a higher risk of mortality in both countries

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Tags: Fatigue, Incident Peritoneal Dialysis, Vitality, Mortality

Factors Associated with Fatigue in PD Patients

Analysis of fatigue scale data from 108 PD patients in China revealed that 78.7% suffered from fatigue, a number significantly higher than in the community population. Associated factors included sleep quality, normalized protein nitrogen appearance, transferrin, alkaline phosphatase, and total cholesterol levels.

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Tags: Fatigue, PD, Sleep Quality, Protein Nitrogen Appearance, Transferrin, Alkaline Phosphatase, Total Cholesterol Levels