Stacking up intensive HD against standard in-center HD

We know that the risk of death is far higher for patients after two days with no HD. Do longer and/or more frequent HD regimens successfully address this problem and save lives? This review compares the impact of different HD regimens on a number of factors, including access problems, burden of therapy, quality of life, residual kidney function, heart disease, bone disease, anemia, hospitalization, and survival.

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