In-Center Nocturnal Dialysis: What Do We Know?
There has been mounting evidence that home nocturnal hemodialysis (conducted 5-6 nights/week) has various benefits compared to conventional thrice-weekly in-center [...]
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Warfarin and Hemodialysis
In an article recently published in the October issue of AJKD, Shen et al report the results of a retrospective observational cohort analysis of clinical outcomes following [...]
SCM15: Magnesium and ESRD – Is There a Risk?
Dr. Lin Li (LL), from UC Irvine, Orange, CA, discusses his abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2015 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM15), Hypomagnesemia and Risk of [...]
Residual Renal Function and RAAS Blockade in Hemodialysis Patients: What Is the Benefit?
There is strong evidence that residual renal function (RRF) remains important even after the start of dialysis. Regardless of dialysis modality, RRF has been associated with [...]
Weekend admissions of dialysis patients?— Oh No!!
Hospital admissions over weekends have been associated with worse outcomes in a variety of patient populations. The cause for this remains unclear. Authors of a recent study [...]