Andreas Pierratos

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Hemodialysis: Daily and Nocturnal Dialysis

Does this patient have kidney disease that would benefit from daily and nocturnal dialysis? Background and history of daily and nocturnal hemodialysis Hemodialysis (HD) evolved from being long and infrequent in the early 1960s to the current standard three times a week regimen. Home hemodialysis decreased in use with the wide availability of facility-based dialysis…

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