Tavares, Gesiane
Venturini, Gabriela
Padilha, Kallyandra
Zatz, Roberto
Pereira, Alexandre C.
Thadhani, Ravi I.
Rhee, Eugene P.
Titan, Silvia M. O.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Article History
Received: 31 July 2017
Accepted: 6 February 2018
First Online: 27 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Ravi I. Thadhani is a consultant to Fresenius Medical Care North America. Gesiane Tavares, Gabriela Venturini, Kallyandra Padilha, Roberto Zatz, Alexandre C. Pereira, Eugene P. Rhee, Silvia M. O. Titan declares that they have no conflict of interest.
: The protocol was approved by the local Ethics Committees: the Universitary Hospital Ethics Committee (CEP-HU, Sao Paulo University) and the Ethics Committee for Analysis of Research Projects (CAPPesq, Hospital das Clínicas, Sao Paulo University).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and all research was performed in accordance with the 2013 Helsinki Declaration principles.