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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: News Articles => Topic started by: Zach on September 20, 2007, 04:13:24 AM
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JAMA article points to benefits of nocturnal dialysis
Patients who received hemodialysis at night six times a week for treatment of end-stage kidney disease had improvements on certain outcomes, including reduced need for blood pressure medications and improvement in selected quality of life measures, compared to patients who received conventional hemodialysis three times weekly, according to an article in the September 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
http://www.nephronline.com/nephnews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1170&Itemid=135