ArticleSeminars in dialysis
Will incremental hemodialysis preserve residual function and improve patient survival?
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- Pooled it
- Incremental vs. standard hemodialysis for preserving residual kidney function: a case-control study.BMC nephrology · 2025Observational
- Continuous beta-2 microglobulin-based clearance highlights superiority of high-Dose HDF over high-flux HD in predicting outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Residual Renal Function - How Fast Does the Residual Urine Output Function Decline in the First Year of Haemodialysis? - A Scoping Review.Frontiers in nephrology · 2021Article
- Article
- Narrative Review of Incremental Hemodialysis.Kidney international reports · 2020Review
- Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis and Clinical Outcomes in the China Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.Kidney international reports · 2018Article
- Residual Function Effectively Controls Plasma Concentrations of Secreted Solutes in Patients on Twice Weekly Hemodialysis.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2018Article
- Prognostic value of cardiovascular calcifications in hemodialysis patients: a longitudinal study.International urology and nephrology · 2018Article
- Review
- Preserving Residual Kidney Function in Hemodialysis Patients-Back in the Spotlight.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2016Article
- Determining factors of diuresis in chronic kidney disease patients initiating hemodialysis.Journal of medicine and lifeArticle
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Abstract
The progressive loss of residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis patients is associated with increased mortality. It has been suggested that incremental dialysis may help preserve residual renal function and improve patient survival. Residual renal function depends upon both patient related and dialysis associated factors. Maintaining patients in an over-hydrated state may be associated with better preservation of residual renal function but any benefit comes with a significant risk of cardiovascular consequences. Notably, it is only observational studies that have reported an association between dialysis patient survival and residual renal function; causality has not been established for dialysis patient survival. The tenuous connections between residual renal function and outcomes and between incremental hemodialysis and residual renal function should temper our enthusiasm for interventions in this area.
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