title: Multicentric study on paired filtration dialysis as a short, highly efficient dialysis technique.
abstract: Paired filtration dialysis (two-chamber haemodiafiltration) was evaluated as a short, highly efficient renal replacement therapy in 35 uraemic subjects belonging to three different dialysis centres. The study period was 1 year. Patients were divided into two groups according to their body-weight and drinking habits. The smaller patients underwent 150-min dialysis sessions three times weekly. The larger patients underwent 3-h treatments thrice weekly. The treatment was adequate in all patients according to the KT/V criteria of adequacy. The intradialytic symptomatology was remarkably low and the treatments were well tolerated in all patients. The study confirms the reliability of paired filtration dialysis as a short dialysis technique. In some patients 150 min may be insufficient to achieve an adequate dialysis efficiency and 180 min may be required for the majority of the population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Botella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghezzi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanz-Moreno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Conz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Greca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006440:Hemofiltration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014511:Uremia / Q000628:therapy*