Fluid Status in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: The European Body Composition Monitoring (EuroBCM) Study Cohort

Abstract

Background

Euvolemia is an important adequacy parameter in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. However, accurate tools to evaluate volume status in clinical practice and data on volume status in PD patients as compared to healthy population, and the associated factors, have not been available so far.

Methods

We used a bio-impedance spectroscopy device, the Body Composition Monitor (BCM) to assess volume status in a cross-sectional cohort of prevalent PD patients in different European countries. The results were compared to an age and gender matched healthy population.

Results

Only 40% out of 639 patients from 28 centres in 6 countries were normovolemic. Severe fluid overload was present in 25.2%. There was a wide scatter in the relation between blood pressure and volume status. In a multivariate analysis in the subgroup of patients from countries with unrestricted availability of all PD modalities and fluid types, older age, male gender, lower serum albumin, lower BMI, diabetes, higher systolic blood pressure, and use of at least one exchange per day with the highest hypertonic glucose were associated with higher relative tissue hydration. Neither urinary output nor ultrafiltration, PD fluid type or PD modality were retained in the model (total R2 of the model = 0.57).

Conclusions

The EuroBCM study demonstrates some interesting issues regarding volume status in PD. As in HD patients, hypervolemia is a frequent condition in PD patients and blood pressure can be a misleading clinical tool to evaluate volume status. To monitor fluid balance, not only fluid output but also dietary input should be considered. Close monitoring of volume status, a correct dialysis prescription adapted to the needs of the patient and dietary measures seem to be warranted to avoid hypervolemia.

About the Authors:

Wim Van Biesen

* E-mail: [email protected]

Affiliation: University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

John D. Williams

Affiliation: University Hospital of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Adrian C. Covic

Affiliation: University “Gr T Popa” and University Hospital “C I Pharon”, Iasi, Romania

Stanley Fan

Affiliation: The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Kathleen Claes

Affiliation: University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko

Affiliation: Dialysis Center NephroCare, Gdansk University, Gdansk, Poland

Christian Verger

Affiliation: University Hospital René Dubos, Pontoise, France

Jurg Steiger

Affiliation: University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Volker Schoder

Affiliation: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany

Peter Wabel

Affiliation: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany

Adelheid Gauly

Affiliation: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany

Rainer Himmele

Affiliation: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany

on behalf of the EuroBCM study group

Introduction

Euvolemia is a predictor of outcome in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, as [1], [2]volume overload is related to cardiac dysfunction [3], [4], [5], inflammation [6] and mortality [7]. Euvolemia is probably a more important adequacy parameter than small solute clearance, as fluid status [7] but not small solute clearance [8] predicts outcome. Guidance on how to achieve and maintain euvolemia in individual PD patients is hampered by the absence of a convenient device to measure volume status, and by the lack of insight in the prevalence of and factors associated with volume overload.

In clinical practice, the assessment of volume status is relatively crude. Volume status is often assessed indirectly by measuring fluid removal, failing to take into account fluid balance by omission of dietary fluid intake. Ultrasonic evaluation of inferior vena cava diameter (IVC) only assesses intravascular volume, and is also influenced by diastolic dysfunction [9] [10], and is thus a reflection of preload, and not of tissue hydration[11]. Parameters, such as Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) or NT-proBNP can reflect changes in hydration status [12], but are also influenced both by preload and ventricular abnormalities, and in patients with renal failure, accumulation can occur [13]. Direct measurement of extracellular (ECW) and total body water (TBW) by dilution methods is considered as the golden standard, but these techniques are laborious and expensive [14].

Bio-impedance spectroscopy (BIS) represents a different approach to the assessment of fluid status [11], [15], [16]. By measuring the flow of electrical current through the body, resistance and reactance can be measured, and in BIS, this is performed at different frequencies [17]. The Body Composition Monitor (BCM, Fresenius Medical Care, Germany) is a bio-impedance spectroscopy device for clinical use, validated by isotope dilution methods [18], and reference body composition methods [19], and has been used in hemodialysis (HD) [20], [21], [22], [23] and PD [24].

The fluid status in PD patients has so far not been characterized by a method that allows comparison to the normal healthy populations. Some studies have evaluated the volume status of PD patients in relation to modality (APD vs. CAPD) [25], [26] transport status, residual renal function [27], or inflammation [28]. However, whereas these studies contribute information on relative volume status in different groups of PD, they were hampered to express the degree of true fluid overload due to the lack of a reference population. In contrast, Wieskotten et al [29] evaluated a large cohort of 688 healthy persons using the BCM to derive reference ranges, allowing to compare fluid overload as measured by BCM to age and gender matched values of the normal healthy population. In addition, expressing extracellular and intracellular water as absolute values induces the problem of scaling to body size. In previous studies using bio-impedance, ratios of extracellular water to height, weight, body surface area, intracellular water or total body water [30] have been used to express “fluid overload”, but the ideal scaling parameter remains a matter of debate [14]. The use of relative Δtissue hydrationdiminishes the problem of scaling nearly completely, and allows comparison to the healthy population [29]. In HD patients [20] relative Δtissue hydration is associated with mortality, indicating the clinical relevance of this parameter.

The European Body Composition study (EuroBCM study) in PD was designed to measure hydration status in a large, multicentric cohort of PD patients using the BCM device, as compared to a healthy reference population, and to establish associations between clinical and practice related parameters and volume status.

Methods

Study objectives

The EuroBCM study in PD was a cross sectional, observational, multi center trial in 28 centers in 6 European countries. The primary objective was to analyze hydration status in a representative sample of prevalent PD patients as compared to the healthy population, and to identify associations between hydration status and patient characteristics (age, gender, diabetes, peritoneal transport characteristics, residual renal function, and daily ultrafiltration) and treatment practice (type of PD solution, use of APD vs CAPD) to find out which conditions should alert the clinician to potential fluid overload.

Centers

Patients were recruited from 6 different European countries (Belgium, France, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, and Switzerland). Centers were selected to reflect the distribution of PD in that country, aiming to an overall inclusion of ±10% of the total number of PD patients of that country.

Patients

In each center, all prevalent patients on PD were assessed for eligibility for inclusion (prevalent cross-sectional cohort approach) if they were older than 18 years of age and wanted to sign informed consent. Patients were excluded if they had a cardiac pacemaker or metallic implants, were amputees or were pregnant. Patients were evaluated during a routine clinical visit. All patients signed informed consent, and ethical advice was obtained from the individual ethics committees as per country protocol. This trial has been registered at the Cochrane Renal Group trials registry (http://www.cochrane-renal.org) under the number CRG110800153.

Measurements of hydration and body composition

BCM measurements were in each center performed by one reference PD physician or nurse, using a portable whole body bio-impedance spectroscopy device, the BCM (Fresenius Medical Care). The BCM measures the impedance spectroscopy at 50 different frequencies between 5 kHz and 1 MHz. The BCM was validated intensively against all available gold-standard methods [19]. Clinically relevant parameters were registered in the case report form (CRF).

Electrodes were attached to one hand and one foot at the ipsilateral side, after the patient had been in recumbent position for at least 5 minutes. Due to bio-physical reasons, bio-impedance spectroscopy does not measure sequestered fluid in the trunk [25], [31], [32], [33]. Therefore, presence or absence of PD fluid in the abdomen does not influence the readings of hydration status. For determination of weight, we used the weight adjusted for empty abdomen.

Extracellular water (ECW), intracellular water (ICW) and total body water (TBW) were determined from the measured impedance data following the model of Moissl et al [18]. Reproducibility of BCM derived parameters is high, with a coefficient of variation for the interobserver variability ECW and TBW around 1.2% [34]. Therefore, only one BCM measurement was performed in each individual patient.

Absolute ΔTissue Hydration (AΔTH) was derived from the impedance data based on a physiologic tissue model [35], [36]. Absolute ΔTissue Hydration represents the difference between the amount of ECW in the tissue as actually detected by the BCM and the amount of water present in tissue, as predicted by physiological models under normal physiological (normohydrated) conditions [36]. Of note, AΔTH has no direct relation to circulating volume.

All values of AΔTH were compared with and categorized according to the 10th (corresponding to −1.1l) and 90th (corresponding to +1.1l) percentiles of a population of the same gender distribution and with a comparable age band out of a healthy reference cohort, where hydration status was measured with the identical technology [29], [37].

AΔTH is further normalized to extracellular water, and expressed as a ratio called Relative ΔTissue Hydration (RΔTH  = AΔTH/ECW). In the normal reference population, the 90th percentile of RΔTH is 7%. Accordingly, when RΔTH was greater than 7%, this was classified as “fluid overload”. As a RΔTH ratio >15% is related to mortality [20], this cut off was used to define “severe fluid overload”.

Blood pressure was recorded as the mean of two consecutive measurements with 5 minutes interval, using one single calibrated device in each center. Height and weight were measured using one single calibrated device in each center.

Patient characteristics

Diabetes was assumed to be present in patients using glucose lowering drugs or insulin.

Congestive heart failure was defined according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification. Ultrafiltration was calculated from the patient's charts as a daily mean of ultrafiltration (in ml) obtained during the last month preceding the measurement. Due to the daily variation, residual diuresis was assessed in a categorical way (<100 ml, between 100 and 500 ml/day, between 500 and 1000 ml/day, or >1000 ml/day) based on the reported current urine production. Total fluid output was estimated as the sum of urinary, taken as the halfway value of the cohort, and ultrafiltered volume per 24 hour. In this way, a patient with zero ultrafiltration and a reported urinary output in the 500–1000 ml/day has a total output of 750 ml, the cut off value in the EAPOS study [38].

The following biochemical parameters were determined in the local laboratories from blood collected during the routine visit: hemoglobin, hematocrit, albumin, CRP, urea, creatinine.

Peritoneal membrane characteristics were determined based on results of the last available PET test preceding the BCM measurement, according to Twardowski [39]. If no PET test was available the last four months, transport status was noted as “unknown”

Statistical analysis

Continuous data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables are expressed as percentage of total. For univariate comparisons, student's t-test, Mann Whitney U-test and Fisher's exact test were used. One-way ANOVA was used to compare multiple categories, with post hoc testing.

Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed with relative Δtissue hydration as the target variable, to find factors which were independenly associated with overhydration, and should thus alert the physician for this condition. Switzerland was excluded from the multivariate analysis as the low patient number made the models unstable. Since the implementation of APD and polyglucose was very low in Romania and Poland, it was decided to analyse only patients from UK, Belgium and France in the multivariate analysis.

Variables were selected for entry in the model selection procedure either because of univariate p<0.1 or for biological plausibility. Regression diagnostics was performed to detect and eliminate outliers and highly influential observations.

All analyses were done with SAS V9.2 (SAS Institute inc, Cary, North Carolina).

Results

Of the prevalent patients in the study centers, 734 were eligible for the study, 73 of whom were excluded because of predefined contra-indications for BCM measurement: metal implants or artificial joints: n = 48, pacemakers or implanted pumps: n = 15, amputations: n = 10. From the remaining 661 patients, 22 patients had incomplete data.

Patients were recruited from Belgium (5 centers, n = 98), France (5 centers, n = 65), Poland (5 centers, n = 82), Romania (9 centers, n = 218), United Kingdom (2 centers, n = 167) and Switzerland (1 center, n = 9).

The baseline demographic, clinical, relevant laboratory data and hydration parameters of the population are provided in table 1. In this population, 24.4% were diabetic, and 32.1% had signs of heart failure (9.7, 12.2, 8.1 and 2.0% NYHA class 1, 2, 3 or 4 respectively). Some patients had previously been treated by HD (18.3%), or had a failed transplant (4.9%). Average time on PD was 32.6±31.0 months. At least one type of antihypertensive drug was taken by 85.4% of the patients (44.9% diuretics, 46.8% Beta blocking agents, 41.5% calcium antagonists, 51.2% inhibitors of the renin- angiotensin system, 9% central acting drugs).

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Table 1. Demographic, clinical and fluid status data of the EuroBCM study cohort (N = 639).

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Underhydration (AΔTH<10th percentile), normohydration and overhydration (AΔTH>90th percentile), as defined by the 10th and 90th percentile of values obtained in the normal population [29], were present in 6.7, 39.9 and 53.4% of the EuroBCM cohort. Fluid overload and severe fluid overload, as defined by a relative Δtissue hydration (AΔTH/ECW) above 7% or above 15% were present in 53.4 and 25.2% of the study population.

Univariate analysis

There was a substantial scatter on the linear relationship between AΔTH and systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure or pulse pressure (correlation coefficients 0.23, 0.02 and 0.29 respectively). As described elsewhere for HD patients [22], [37], different zones (figure 1) can be identified in the plot of systolic blood pressure (Y-axis) versus AΔTH (X-axis), of patients who are both normohydrated and normotensive (26.8%, zone A), who are both fluid overloaded and hypertensive (25.8%, zone B), who are hypertensive despite being normo- or underhydrated (13.3%, zone C), who are normo- and hypotensive despite being fluid overloaded (27.5%, zone D) and patients who are hypotensive and normohydrated or normotensive and underhydrated (6.6%, zone E)

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Figure 1. Scatter plot of the relation between absolute Δtissue hydration (litres) in the X-axis and systolic blood pressure (mmHg) in the Y-axis in the individual patients of the EuroBCM study cohort.

Dotted vertical lines indicate the 10th and 90th percentile of absolute Δtissue hydration in the healthy population (−1.1 and +1.1 liter respectively), representing thus the limits of “normohydration”. Dotted horizontal lines indicate the “normotensive range” for systolic blood pressure.

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Males (vs females, 2.19±2.57 vs 1.03±1.82 l, p<0.001) and diabetics (vs non diabetics, 1.92±2.12 vs 1.52±2.38 l, p = 0.06) had a higher AΔTH. The prevalence of PD patients with a AΔTH>90th percentile of the normal healthy reference population was also higher in males as compared to females (65.0 vs 39.3%). There was no impact of “vintage on PD” on AΔTH (time on PD of patients with an AΔTH >1.1 liter vs euvolaemic patients 32.5±28.0 vs 33.4±34.4 months, p = 0.66).

There was a correlation between transport status and AΔTH (figure 2), with a declining trend from fast (2.04±2.75 l) to fast average (1.63±2.34 l), slow average (1.23±1.97 l) and slow (0.76±1.71 l) transport status (ANOVA: p<0.001). However the interquartile range in each group was substantial, and there is considerable overlap in AΔTH between the groups. AΔTH was most increased in those patients where transport status had not routinely been measured in the last four months (2.48±2.42 l, post-hoc p-value vs. slow transport status p<0.0001). There was a trend for declining AΔTH with increasing urinary output from <100 ml/day (1.99±2.38 l), over 100–500 ml/day (1.84±2.77 l) and 500–1000 ml/day (1.55±2.12 l) to those with a urinary output greater than 1000 ml/day (1.28±1.99 l) (one way ANOVA: p<0.001), but with large interquartile range and overlap. There was no correlation between AΔTH and daily ultrafiltration (R = 0.10), and only a weak correlation between AΔTH and estimated daily total fluid output (residual diuresis + peritoneal ultrafiltration) (R = 0.17).

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Figure 2. Box and whisker plots (median, 25th and 75th quartile, outliers) of Absolute ΔTissue Hydration (in liters) in the different transport categories.

n.d.: no peritoneal transport characteristics available in the 4 months before the BCM measurement.

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There was a negative relation between AΔTH and serum albumin (R = −0.42), hemoglobin (R = −0.34) and hematocrit (R = −0.31). There was no correlation between AΔTH and glomerular filtration rate or CRP-level.

There was a difference in AΔTH in the univariate analysis between patients using or not using polyglucose (0.9±2 vs 1.4±2 l resp, p = 0.04) in the countries without logistical impediment to the use of polyglucose. The relation between hydration status and use of polyglucose was complex, with more patients being overhydrated in the group using polyglucose in Belgium, whereas in UK and France, patients using polyglucose were less overhydrated (table 2). In countries where the use of polyglucose was restricted (Romania and Poland), the few patients using polyglucose tended to be more overhydrated (table 2), potentially indicating a bias by indication.

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Table 2. Tissue hydration related to percentiles of the normal reference population stratified for the use of polyglucose or not.

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There was a small difference in AΔTH in univariate analysis between patients on CAPD vs APD (1.3±2.0 vs 0.9±1.9 l resp, p = 0.06) in these countries without logistical impediment to the use of APD (Belgium, France, UK).

Multivariate analysis of tissue hydration

Because of the strong interaction, the multivariate analysis included only patients from countries with unrestricted access to APD and alternative PD solutions.

In this multivariable linear regression analysis adjusted for country effects (table 3), older age, male gender, lower serum albumin, lower BMI, diabetes, higher systolic blood pressure, and use of at least once per day highest hypertonic glucose were associated with higher relative tissue hydration. Neither urinary output nor ultrafiltration was retained in the model. The use of alternative dialysis solutions (including polyglucose) did not contribute to the model (total R2 of the model = 0.57).

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Table 3. Multivariate linear regression for Relative ΔTissue Hydration from the subgroup of patients from Belgium, France and UK.

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Discussion

The EuroBCM study is the first large multi-centre study of hydration status and its associated factors in PD patients in Europe allowing comparison to a healthy reference population. Fluid overload was a frequent finding in PD patients as compared to a healthy reference population [29], but comparable to that reported in HD patients [20], [22], [23]. The deviation from the relation between blood pressure and tissue hydration was substantial, pointing out that blood pressure is not a good tool to evaluate hydration status in PD patients. Overhydration was associated with higher age, male gender, diabetes, lower BMI, higher systolic blood pressure, and use of hypertonic solutions, and in these conditions, physicians should have enhanced awareness for volume status. Use of polyglucose or biocompatible glucose solutions or the type of PD modality was not independently associated with hydration status.

In the large cohort of the EuroBCM in PD study, a substantial portion of patients were fluid overloaded by more than 1.1 litre, the 90th percentile of absolute Δtissue hydration in the normal reference population [29], and 25% of patients had a relativeΔ tissue hydration/extracellular water ratio above 15%, a value associated with increased mortality in HD patients [20]. Substantial fluid overload is therefore indeed a prevalent problem in PD patients, and more attention should be given to its assessment and correction. Nevertheless, it is important to note that comparable numbers of severe fluid overload have been reported in HD patients [20], [22], [23], [24], and already in early stages of renal impairment, patients tend to be more fluid overloaded [40], [41].

Many physicians estimate hydration status by using clinical parameters, such as edema, weight gain or blood pressure[42]. Although there was a direct correlation between systolic blood pressure and tissue hydration, a substantial proportion of patients did not comply with this paradigm. A number of patients had systolic hypertension, despite normohydration or even tissue underhydration. These are probably patients who suffer from vascular stiffness [2]. Further dehydration of these patients in an attempt to normalize blood pressure might be dangerous, as it might abruptly compromise coronary perfusion [43]. A number of patients had a low or normal blood pressure, despite being fluid overloaded. It is conceivable that many of these patients suffer congestive heart failure. Normotension in these patients should not be seen as equivalent to euvolemia, as also reported in HD patients [22].

In many studies on fluid overload, attention is focused on fluid output (ultrafiltration and/or diuresis), neglecting that fluid status is a balance of fluid output and input. In the EuroBCM study, there was a very weak association between fluid overload and diuresis, but this association disappeared in the multivariate analysis. Davison et al [25] found a small influence of residual GFR, but not of peritoneal ultrafiltration or daily urine output, on volume status. Wiggins et al [44] demonstrated that total fluid output one month after the initiation of PD was not associated with patient survival. All these point out that in studies on fluid status, both fluid input and output should be considered. In addition, and maybe even more of importance, clinicians should be aware that patients can be overhydrated because of dietary incompliance, despite having substantial residual diuresis. Dietary intake of fluid and salt should thus be conisdered when managing fluid overloaded patients.

In our BCM cohort, the use of high hypertonic bags was associated with fluid overload. It is tempting to attribute this observation to bias by indication. However, an alternative potential hypothesis could be that the strategy of using hypertonic bags is not effective in returning patients back to euvolemia for a sustained period of time, as it can lead to dysregulation of glycemic control, and thus to hyperosmolarity and thirst. Sustained exposure to hypertonic exchanges can also negatively impact on the peritoneal membrane function [45], leading to further detrimental consequences on fluid balance. Further studies in this regard are warranted. This is compatible with the negative impact of high initial peritoneal fluid removal [44]: it is likely that those with a high fluid output achieved this at the expense of increased use of hypertonic bags, thus damaging the peritoneal membrane in the long term.

There was an association between peritoneal membrane transport characteristics and tissue hydration, as already demonstrated by others [27]. Nevertheless, there was a substantial overlap between groups, and the effect was rather small and disappeared in the multivariate analysis. In the study by Davison et al [25], transport status explained only 1.6% of the variation in volume status. It can be hypothesized that fluid overload is induced by not adapting the dwell time appropriately to the transport status of the patient [46]. Although it has been stated that removal of salt can be impaired in patients on APD [47], hydration status in patients on APD and CAPD was comparable in the multivariate analysis in the EuroBCM cohort, just as in previous observations [25], [26]. Of note, in one of these studies [25], the number of cycles per night was limited, so the dwell time was probably long enough to allow diffusive sodium transport. To maintain fluid balance, fast transporters need short dwells, to avoid negative ultrafiltration, and implementing APD might be of value in this patient category. On the other hand, slow transporters need long dwells to avoid sodium sieving, and APD with short cycles might be detrimental in this patient group. Johnson et al [48] recently reported that APD was associated with better survival in fast, but with worse survival in low transporters, an observation that is compatible with this paradigm.

As Davison et al (23), we found a negative association between serum albumin and overhydration. As this is a cross-sectional cohort, it is however impossible to determine whether low albumin is a consequence or a cause of overhydration.

In the EuroBCM study cohort, polyglucose use was associated with less overhydration and more underhydration in some countries, whereas the opposite was true in other countries, pointing to potential underlying differences in practice related to the use of polyglucose (table 2). In a subcohort of the EuroBCM trial, excluding countries were alternative PD solutions and APD are not liberally available due to logistical reasons, we observed a neutral impact both of the solution type and the PD modality on fluid overload, just as it was found in the cohort of Davison et al [25].

This study is a cross sectional study, and as such, no causal relations can be drawn. However, our observations can generate some interesting hypotheses on the association between practices and hydration status. It would be interesting e.g. to study the impact on hydration status and residual renal function using a prospective protocol where implementation of polyglucose, dwell length and use of APD vs CAPD is guided by BCM based assessment of fluid overload. Another limitation is the rather crude evaluation of fluid output using patient charts as a reference, which might induce inaccuracies. However, this is the way fluid output is measured in real life. Of special interest for a future prospective study in this regard is the potential impact of bag overfill on the overestimation of ultrafiltration and fluid overload [49]. It can be that the overestimation of real ultrafiltration by neglecting overfill can lead to overhydration, as it gives the patient and the physician the false feeling of adequate ultrafiltration.

In conclusion, the EuroBCM study demonstrates some interesting issues on volume status in PD patients: fluid overload is a frequent problem, and relying only on clinical parameters for its assessment might be misleading. Fluid overload is related to prescription practices, gender and diabetes. Despite good ultrafiltration and residual diuresis, patients still can be fluid overloaded, stressing the important role of dietary restriction of salt and fluid intake. Although indication bias cannot be excluded, attempts to increase ultrafiltration by the long term use of hypertonic bags [46] seem to be no guarantee for achieving sustained euvolemia. Objective measurement of fluid status as a basis for an integrated approach to fluid balance is warranted. As fluid overload has been linked to mortality [7], [20], further studies evaluating whether awareness of hydration status can improve volume management and patient outcome are warranted.

Acknowledgments

We thank all the nurses and the patients in the participating centres for their contribution.

EuroBCM Study group:

Romania: Christian Klein, Dialysis Center NephroCare Devila, Bucharest; Olimpia Cretu, County Hospital Alexandria, Alexandria; Mihai Voiculescu, Fundeni Institute Bucharest, Bucharest; Adrian Covic, Nephrocare Dialysis Center Iasi, Iasi; Viorica Butnaru, County Hospital Ploiesti, Ploiesti; Dorin Ionescu, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest; Cezarina Bejan, City Hospital Barlad, Barlad; Cristian Serafinceanu, Institute for Metabolic Disease, Bucharest; Marcel Pravat, County Hospital Slobozia, Slobozia;

Poland: Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko, Fresenius Nephrocare Gdansk, Gdansk; Magdalena Krajewska, Akademickie Centrum Kliniczne, Wroclaw; Andrzej Kaczmarek, Fresenius Nephrocare Pleszew, Pleszew; Bernadeta Marcykiewicz, Fresenius Nephrocare Krakow, Krakow; Mirosław Kroczak, Fresenius Nephrocare Sieradz, Sieradz;

Switzerland: Jürg Steiger, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel;

France: Agnès Caillette-Beaudoin, Calydial Vienne, Vienne; Christian Verger, CHU Dubos, Pontoise;

Karine Moreau, CHU Pellegrin, Bordeaux; Marie-Christine Mavel, Centre Hospitalier André Grégoire, Montreuil;

Nasredine Ghali, Centre Hospitalier Marc Jacquet, Melun;

Belgium: Wim van Biesen, UZ Ghent, Ghent; Kathleen Claes, UZ Leuven, Leuven; Serge Treille, CHU - Hôpital Civil de Charleroi, Charleroi; Christophe Bovy, CHU de Liège, Liège; Dierik Verbeelen, UZ Brussels, Brussel;

UK: Steve Riley, John Williams, Cardiff University, Cardiff; Stanley Fan, Royal London Hospital, London.

All authors declare that the results presented in this paper have not been published previously in whole or part, except in abstract format.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WVB RH AG VS PW. Performed the experiments: WVB JDW ACC SF KC ML-N CV JS. Analyzed the data: WVB VS AH RH PW SF. Wrote the manuscript: WVB JDW ACC SF KC ML-N CV JS AG RH PW VS.

Citation: Van Biesen W, Williams JD, Covic AC, Fan S, Claes K, Lichodziejewska-Niemierko M, et al. (2011) Fluid Status in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: The European Body Composition Monitoring (EuroBCM) Study Cohort. PLoS ONE6(2): e17148. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017148

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