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Complications and challenges of home hemodialysis: A historical review

Author(s) -

Gupta Ankur,

Zimmerman Deborah

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

seminars in dialysis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899

H-Index - 78

eISSN - 1525-139X

pISSN - 0894-0959

DOI - 10.1111/sdi.12960

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , intensive care medicine , psychosocial , home hemodialysis , narrative review , vascular access , surgery , psychiatry

Home hemodialysis (HHD) has evolved as a preferred and safe kidney replacement modality over the past six decades. Despite advances in technological aspects of HHD, potential complications still pose a challenge to health care givers, patients, and their families. In this narrative review, we describe vascular access and cannulation, anticoagulation, nutritional, residual kidney function, psychosocial, technique failure, and machine/procedural‐related complications. Addressing these problems is essential for favorable patient outcomes.

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