Survival comparison between intensive hemodialysis and transplantation in the context of the existing literature surrounding nocturnal and short-daily hemodialysis

Our contemporary paradigms of nocturnal and short-daily hemodialysis (NHD and SDHD) have their origins in the earliest era of dialysis care for end-stage renal disease. However, these therapies have received considerably more attention in recent years owing to an increasing body of literature, sugge...

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Published in:Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation dialysis, transplantation, 2013-01, Vol.28 (1), p.44-47
Main Author: Pauly, Robert P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Kidney Transplantation
Renal Dialysis
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Our contemporary paradigms of nocturnal and short-daily hemodialysis (NHD and SDHD) have their origins in the earliest era of dialysis care for end-stage renal disease. However, these therapies have received considerably more attention in recent years owing to an increasing body of literature, suggesting a myriad of benefits attributable to these intensive dialysis regimens compared with conventional thrice-weekly hemodialysis. Analyses suggest a survival benefit for NHD and SDHD versus traditional hemodialysis prescriptions, and it is in this context that survival comparisons between intensive dialysis and transplantation must be considered. This literature and its limitations are reviewed here.
ISSN:0931-0509
1460-2385
DOI:10.1093/ndt/gfs419