What Is Known and Unknown About Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis | Zendy

Yoshitsugu Obi | Zendy; Rieko Eriguchi | Zendy; ShuoMing Ou | Zendy; Connie M. Rhee | Zendy; Kamyar KalantarZadeh | Zendy

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What Is Known and Unknown About Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis

Author(s) -

Yoshitsugu Obi,

Rieko Eriguchi,

ShuoMing Ou,

Connie M. Rhee,

Kamyar KalantarZadeh

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

blood purification

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 1421-9735

pISSN - 0253-5068

DOI - 10.1159/000441577

Subject(s) - hemodialysis , medicine , dialysis , regimen , kidney disease , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , nursing

The 2006 Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines suggest twice-weekly or incremental hemodialysis for patients with substantial residual kidney function (RKF). However, in most affluent nations de novo and abrupt transition to thrice-weekly hemodialysis is routinely prescribed for all dialysis-naïve patients regardless of their RKF. We review historical developments in hemodialysis therapy initiation and revisit twice-weekly hemodialysis as an individualized, incremental treatment especially upon first transitioning to hemodialysis therapy.

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