Clinical comparison of super high-flux HD and on-line HDF

Akira Fujimori1

  • 1Kidney Center, Konan Hospital, Kobe, Japan. louie@kcc.zaq.ne.jp

Blood Purification
|March 8, 2013
PubMed

Super high-flux HD is quite popular in Japan. 90% of -dialysis patients are treated using dialyzers with a β2-microglobulin clearance of >50 ml/min. If the target is β2-microglobulin, HDF is not necessary. However, removal of uremic toxins with a higher molecular weight and stability of circulation status, which is expected of on-line HDF, would lead to better survival of the patients. Demonstration of the beneficial effect of on-line HDF on the outcome in patients is awaited.

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