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Goal: To increase the awareness of patterns of interdialytic weight gain in a study of patients in their first year of dialysis.

Objectives:

1. Describe the pattern of weight gain noted in a study of patients in the first year of dialysis.
2. Analyze the suggested need for standardization in interdialytic weight gain measurement.
3. Relate suggested avenues of further research about interdialytic weight gain in patients on dialysis.

Author(s)

• Cynthia S. Johnson, MA
• Michael A. Kraus, MD , Chief Medical Officer, Fresenius Kidney Care
• Janet L. Welch, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Susan M. Perkins, PhD