Effect of Dialysis Dose and Membrane Flux in Maintenance Hemodialysis

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Authors

Garabed Eknoyan · Baylor College of Medicine

Gerald J. Beck · Cleveland Clinic

Alfred K. Cheung · VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System

John T. Daugirdas · University of Illinois Chicago

Tom Greene · Cleveland Clinic

John W. Kusek · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Michael Allon

Abstract

Patients undergoing hemodialysis thrice weekly appear to have no major benefit from a higher dialysis dose than that recommended by current U.S. guidelines or from the use of a high-flux membrane.

Topics & Keywords

Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Acute Kidney Injury Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 347, Issue 25, pp. 2010-2019

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa021583

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