Adverse Effects of Conventional Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis: Is It Time to Avoid 3-Day Interdialytic Intervals?

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2015, Pages 400-408

  Georgianos, Panagiotis I ^a   Sarafidis, Pantelis A ^b   Sinha, Arjun D ^c   Agarwal, Rajiv ^c  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced frequency hemodialysis; Extended time hemodialysis; Long interdialytic interval; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FREQUENCY; HEART DEATH; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOME DIALYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART; HOSPITALIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; METABOLIC DISORDER; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 84936976659     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000435842     Document Type: Article

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