1. Optimization of pre-ESRD care: The key to improved dialysis outcomes
Brian J.G. Pereira, Dr 
Kidney International 
Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages (January 2000)
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2. Figure 1
Components of optimal pre-end-stage renal disease (ESRD) care. Abbreviations are: CRF, chronic renal failure; RRT, renal replacement therapy; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; BP, blood pressure32.
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3. Figure 2
Malnutrition at the start of dialysis is associated with increased mortality. Based on data from the Case-Mix Adequacy Study of the United States Renal Data System, which included 2897 hemodialysis (□) and 666 peritoneal dialysis () patients who began dialysis in 1986–8727.
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4. Figure 3
Serum albumin levels at initiation of dialysis. Based on data from 110,843 patients who began dialysis in the United States between 1995 and Mean, 3.2 g/dL; median, 3.3 g/dL.
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5. Figure 4
(A) Predicted survival (Cox proportional hazards) for patients at initiation of dialysis with left-ventricular mass index above and below the gender-adjusted mean (reprinted with permission41). (B) Estimated survival (Cox proportional hazards) for patients at initiation of dialysis with and without cardiac failure at baseline (reprinted with permission41).
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6. Figure 5
Hematocrit levels at initiation of dialysis. Based on data from 131,484 patients who began dialysis in the United States between 1995 and Mean, 27.9%; median, 27.9%.
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7. Figure 6
Physician and patient roles in selection of dialysis modality. Choice was made by: the patient (); medical team, (□); or a collaboration of both (▪). Based on data from 2400 patients in the Dialysis Morbidity and Mortality Study of the United States Renal Data System2.
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8. Kidney International 2000 57, 351-365DOI: (10. 1046/j. 1523-1755. 2000
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