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Could longer and more frequent haemodialysis improve outcomes?

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Patients with end-stage renal disease typically receive three 3–4 h haemodialysis sessions per week. Although available data from well-powered randomized trials are limited, studies published in 2012 provided new evidence that haemodialysis regimens with longer treatment times and/or a higher frequency of sessions might reduce the high morbidity and mortality of patients on maintenance dialysis.

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Mehrotra, R., Himmelfarb, J. Could longer and more frequent haemodialysis improve outcomes?. Nat Rev Nephrol 9, 74–75 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2012.287

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