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ArticleClinical kidney journal2025

Longitudinal patterns of fluid overload, blood volume and vascular refilling: a prospective study in patients on maintenance hemodialysis.

Sebastian Mussnig, Simon Krenn, Max Waller, Michael Schmiedecker, Amelie Kurnikowski, Janosch Niknam Saeidi, Luis Naar, Christopher C Mayer, David Keane, Daniel Schneditz and 2 more

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Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Is Anything Gained From Estimating Blood Volume in Hemodialysis From Extracellular Volume Divided by a Constant Factor?Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis · 2026
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Sebastian MussnigMedical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-2067
Simon KrennMedical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-9085
Max WallerMedical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Vienna, Austria.
Michael SchmiedeckerMedical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine III, Division for Nephrology and Dialysis, Vienna, Austria.
Amelie KurnikowskiMedical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-9055
Janosch Niknam SaeidiMedical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Vienna, Austria.
Luis NaarMedical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine III, Division for Nephrology and Dialysis, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7970-7022
Christopher C MayerAIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Center for Health & Bioresources, Medical Signal Analysis, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5612-5481
David KeaneUniversity of Galway, CURAM, Center for Research in Medical Devices, Galway, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4744-4106
Daniel SchneditzMedical University of Graz, Division of Physiology & Pathophysiology, Otto Loewi Research Center for Vascular Biology, Immunology and Inflammation, Graz, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-1012
Manfred HeckingMedical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8047-2395
Leszek PstrasNalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-6142

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Patients on maintenance hemodialysis accumulate excess fluid between treatments. Intradialytic removal of fluid via ultrafiltration is partly compensated by vascular refilling from the interstitial space. Associations between whole-body fluid status and blood volume were previously investigated on the population level. The aim of this observational cohort study was to assess longitudinal changes in fluid compartment volumes on an intra-patient level. Methodology: Pre-dialysis bioimpedance spectroscopy measurements and absolute blood volume estimations were conducted in maintenance hemodialysis patients during 14 consecutive dialysis treatments over 5 weeks. Blood volume was determined using the dialysate bolus method. Longitudinal changes were evaluated using linear mixed models. Correlations were analyzed with repeated measures correlation coefficients ([Formula: see text]). Results: Twenty-five patients were included in the final analysis [88% male, median (quartile 1, quartile 3) age and dialysis vintage of 66.0 years (48.0, 74.0) and 23.5 months (13.5, 34.5), respectively]. Pre-dialysis fluid overload significantly decreased from the first to the third treatment within the week ( Conclusions: The observed lack of intra-patient correlations between pre-dialysis fluid overload and blood volume suggests that excess fluid may not necessarily accumulate proportionally in the interstitial and intravascular space, thus challenging previous assumptions regarding within-week changes in fluid compartments.

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bioimpedance spectroscopyblood volumefluid overloadhemodialysisvascular refilling

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