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Initial Brazilian experience with short‐duration in‐center daily hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Lugon Jocemir R.,
Andre Mauro B.
Publication year - 2005
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/j.1492-7535.2005.01112.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , azotemia , dialysis , anemia , quality of life (healthcare) , dialysis adequacy , duration (music) , end stage renal disease , intensive care medicine , blood pressure , surgery , nursing , renal function , art , literature
Abstract The whole initial Brazilian experience with short‐duration in‐center daily hemodialysis is summarized here. The study was performed at a time when low‐flux membrane and nonproportional dialysis represented the standard dialysis treatment in Brazil. Five patients were treated for 2 years. The subject is developed in a way to narrate the efforts to set the research project and summarize the findings, meeting presentations, and publications that derived from the project. At the end of the study, the main benefits observed consisted of alleviation of the end‐stage renal disease anemia; reduction of the frequency of complications during dialysis sessions; a lower degree of azotemia; easier blood pressure control; and improvements in acid‐base status, mineral metabolism and bone disease, nutrition, and quality of life.