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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.