No Survival Benefit in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians with Extended Hemodialysis Treatment Time.

CONCLUSION: Extended HD was not associated with lower mortality among octogenarians and nonagenarians, while it was associated with better survival among younger patients. Further studies are needed to determine the optimal treatment session length in elderly incident HD patients.
PMID: 30423584 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - November 13, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ko GJ, Obi Y, Soohoo M, Chang TI, Choi SJ, Kovesdy CP, Streja E, Rhee CM, Kalantar-Zadeh K Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research