Menghua Chen

TL;DR: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in China was high in north and southwest and southwest regions compared with other regions, and economic development was independently associated with the presence of albuminuria.

TL;DR: A nationwide, cross-sectional survey of adult patients who were admitted to hospital in 2013 in academic or local hospitals from 22 provinces in mainland China aimed to evaluate the burden of AKI and assess the availability of diagnosis and treatment and found that 1·4-2·9 million people with AKI were admitted in China in 2013.

TL;DR: Low personal income independently influenced all-cause and cardiovascular death, and initial peritonitis in PD patients, and for PD patients in these high risk situations, integrated care before dialysis and well-constructed PD training programs might be helpful.

TL;DR: The prognostic value of UA in CV and all-cause mortality was weak in PD patients generally, which was confounded by uremia-related and traditional CV risk factors.

TL;DR: Although BIA-guided fluid management improved the fluid overload status better than the traditional clinical method, no significant effect was found on 1-year patient survival and technique survival in patients on peritoneal dialysis.