Are higher red cell distribution width values associated with impaired exercise capacity during exercise treadmill testing in patients without obstructive coronary disease : a preliminary study?
We found an independent association between RDW and exercise capacity in patients free of obstructive coronary disease suggesting that patients with elevated RDW values are expected to have impaired exercise capacity.
In contrast to other findings, raising the blood pH of dialysis patients was not associated with a positive effect on albumin and muscle protein synthesis, or nutritional and endocrinal parameters.