Overnight haemodialysis dramatically improves survival

Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

For haemodialysis patients, undergoing dialysis for eight hours overnight, three times weekly, reduces the risk of death by nearly 80 percent, compared to conventional, four-hour dialysis, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

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