We suggest that patients on dialysis (both haemo- and peritoneal dialysis) should avoid significant over or underhydration. (2A)
We suggest that dialysis patients should be assessed regularly in a systematic manner for fluid volume status to guide alterations to their dry/target weight and ultrafiltration volume. (2C)
Multiple technologies are available to aid fluid volume management in dialysis patients including continuous blood volume monitoring, inferior venacaval diameter measurement, lung ultrasound and bioimpedance spectroscopy. There is inadequate evidence to recommend one method as superior to another or clinical assessment of fluid volume status. (2C)
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