Expanded Hemodialysis Therapy: Prescription and Delivery

Contrib Nephrol. 2017:191:153-157. doi: 10.1159/000479263. Epub 2017 Sep 14.

Abstract

Expanded hemodialysis (HDx) therapy is a novel treatment concept in hemodialysis patients, using innovative membrane technology with a high retention onset for improved solute clearance in the upper middle molecular range. HDx therapy thereby resolves a key limitation of current hemodialysis techniques and targets an important pathophysiologic link to many of the sequelae of end-stage renal disease. The present chapter reviews the current evidence and discusses considerations for prescription and delivery of HDx therapy upon implementation in clinical practice.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Molecular Weight
  • Prescriptions
  • Renal Dialysis / instrumentation
  • Renal Dialysis / methods*

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial