title: Dialysis prescription: A modifiable risk factor for chronic kidney disease patients.
abstract: Recent surveys of hemodialysis studies strongly support the fact that dialysis prescription is a modifiable risk factor. Six tracks to improve dialysis patient outcomes have been identified: change in vascular access option strategy and restricting catheter use; increasing time or frequency of dialysis sessions; assessment and management of fluid status; favoring removal of middle and large molecules by high-flux and convective clearance; considering ultrapurity of dialysis fluid purity as a new standard and a part of hemodialysis biocompatibility, and improving quality care and patient follow-up. By modifying dialysis prescription and by implementing a continuous quality assurance program it appears possible to improve dialysis patient survival.
authors.affiliation: Lapeyronie University Hospital, CHU Montpellier, France. b-canaud@chu-montpellier.fr
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canaud
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wabel
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tetta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D055656:Prescriptions; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors