Increasing the Dialysate Sodium Concentration Based on Serum Sodium Concentrations Exacerbates Weight Gain and Thirst in Hemodialysis Patients

117 Received March 6, 2013; revised and accepted June 4, 2013. Published online June 20, 2013; doi: 10.1620/tjem.230.117. Correspondence: Kwon Wook Joo, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yeongeon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Republic of Korea. e-mail: junephro@snu.ac.kr Increasing the Dialysate Sodium Concentration Based on Serum Sodium Concentrations Exacerbates Weight Gain and Thirst in Hemodialysis Patients