title: Adequacy of haemodialysis.
abstract: Inadequate dialysis is easier to define and recognise than adequate dialysis. Defining inadequate dialysis is thus the first step and allows the establishment of a minimum acceptable dose of dialysis that is compatible with short-term well-being and the absence of uraemic symptoms. An optimal dialysis dose is harder to define but should include such factors as the patient's clinical symptomology, nutritional status and achievement of a fully active, rehabilitated life.
authors.affiliation: Ford_Consulting@tiscali.co.uk
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001834:Body Water / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008954:Models, Biological; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D055656:Prescriptions; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014508:Urea / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D014508:Urea