Nutritional status of patients on chronic hospital hemodialysis vs home hemodialysis

Duranti Diletta*, Ralli Chiara and Duranti Ennio

Although the majority of the End Stage Renal Disease patients are treated with conventional thrice weekly in-center hemodialysis, there has been recent growth in the adoption of home dialysis modalities, mainly peritoneal dialysis and in these last 10 years the resurgence of home hemodialysis in its daily or daily night version [1-3]. Latest observational studies have identified that home hemodialysis (HHD) is associated with improved patient survival compared with conventional in center hemodialysis (ICHD).

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Published on: Mar 30, 2020 Pages: 1-4

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