Nocturnal Home HD Boosts Patient Employment Compared to PD

A year-long study comparing 20 alternate-night nocturnal home hemodialysis patients to matched 81 CAPD patients in Hong Kong found 80% employment among the nocturnal HD patients (who were 5 years younger) and just 33.3% among PD patients. The nocturnal patients also used fewer phosphate binders. Read the abstract.

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Tags: Chinese, Nocturnal Hemodialysis, Employment Rate, Incident, Peritoneal Dialysis