Intensive Hemodialysis and Mortality Risk in Australian and New Zealand Populations

• Published in: American journal of kidney diseases Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 617 - 628
• Main Authors: Marshall, Mark R., Polkinghorne, Kevan R., Kerr, Peter G., Hawley, Carmel M., Agar, John W.M., McDonald, Stephen P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Aged; ANZDATA (The Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry); Australia; Cohort Studies; dialysis modality; end-stage kidney disease (ESKD); facility hemodialysis; Female; home hemodialysis; Humans; Intensive hemodialysis; Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; marginal structural analysis; Middle Aged; multivariate analysis; Nephrology; New Zealand; patient mortality; peritoneal dialysis (PD); Renal Dialysis - methods; Renal Dialysis - mortality; renal replacement therapy (RRT); Risk Factors; temporal change; Time Factors; New Zealand; Australia; peritoneal dialysis (PD); marginal structural analysis; patient mortality; ANZDATA (The Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry); dialysis modality; temporal change; facility hemodialysis; end-stage kidney disease (ESKD); renal replacement therapy (RRT); Intensive hemodialysis; multivariate analysis; home hemodialysis

Intensive hemodialysis (HD) is characterized by increased frequency and/or session length compared to conventional HD. Previous analyses from Australia and New Zealand did not suggest benefit with intensive HD, although recent research suggests that relationships have changed. We present updated ana...