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The Case for Every‐Other‐Day Dialysis
Author(s) -
Scribner Belding H.,
Twardowski Zbylut J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
hemodialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.658
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1542-4758
pISSN - 1492-7535
DOI - 10.1111/hdi.2000.4.1.5
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , dialysis , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine
Until daily dialysis becomes widely available, we believe that hemodialysis patients would benefit enormously from every‐other‐day dialysis (EODD), which may be implemented both by home patients and in centers. Benefits of EODD over the routine, three‐times‐weekly schedule would include decreased mortality after the weekend interval without dialysis; increased weekly dose of dialysis, resulting in better rehabilitation; and improved blood pressure control.