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THE EFFICACY OF SHORT DAILY DIALYSIS—A SINGLE‐CENTRE EXPERIENCE
Author(s) -
Rayment Glenda,
Chow Josephine
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of renal care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1755-6678
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2010.00169.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , quality of life (healthcare) , sdhd , erythropoietin , blood pressure , physical therapy , psychological intervention , prospective cohort study , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , biochemistry , chemistry , germline mutation , mutation , gene
SUMMARY Studies have shown that patients converted to short daily haemodialysis (SDHD) have reported many clinical benefits, decreased complications during dialysis and a better quality of life.A six‐month prospective cohort study was conducted to examine the efficacy of SDHD to patients previously receiving three times per week haemodialysis therapy. Following informed consent, participants received haemodialysis daily, Monday–Saturday, between 2 and 2.5 hours for each treatment and followed‐up for a six‐month period. The participants continued to experience hypotension, cramping and headache and were noncompliant with fluid intake. There was a gradual reduction in blood pressure, cessation of antihypertensives and reduction of erythropoietin therapy (ERT). There were no hospital admissions or reports of access complications. The nursing staff reported an increase in activity levels and nursing interventions with the participants following conversion to SDHD. However, the participants reported a better quality of life.