Frequent hemodialysis versus standard hemodialysis for people with kidney failure: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Patrizia NataleSuetonia C GreenMatthias RoseMichiel L BotsPeter J BlankestijnRobin W M VernooijKarin GerittsenMark WoodwardCarinna HockhamKrister CrommClaudia BarthAndrew DavenportJorgen HegbrantPantelis SarafidisPartha DasChristoph WannerAllan R NissensonBenedicte SautenetMarietta TörökGiovanni Strippoli

Published in: PloS one (2024)

The evidentiary basis for frequent hemodialysis is incomplete due to clinical trials with few or no events reported for mortality and cardiovascular outcome measures and few participants in which patient-reported outcomes including health-related quality of life and symptoms were reported.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
chronic kidney disease
clinical trial
risk factors
physical activity
sleep quality
phase ii
phase iii