DIALYSATE COMPOSITION IN HEMODIALYSIS In most outpatient settings, patients receive hemodialysis using dialysate prepared in bulk and delivered via a central delivery system so that the composition of the dialysate…
COAGULATION IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS There remains no universally accepted algorithm for anticoagulation in dialysis patients. This may be due in part to individual patient factors that influence abnormal hemostasis in…
BASIC PRINCIPLES Dialysis practices vary around the world, but in the United States, it is generally performed three times weekly in an outpatient unit using an extracorporeal circuit that includes…
