title: Implications of the long interdialytic gap: a problem of excess accumulation vs. excess removal?
abstract: Evidence suggests that patients receiving intermittent maintenance hemodialysis treatments experience higher mortality the day after the long 2-day interdialytic gap. A new study confirms higher mortality and reports increased hospitalization immediately after the long interdialytic interval among incident hemodialysis patients in the United Kingdom. Larger fluid accumulation followed by excessive ultrafiltration and abrupt fluctuations in serum potassium concentrations may be among potential factors contributing to the morbidity and mortality of this precarious period.
authors: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors: Connie M
authors: CM
authors: Rhee
authors: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.|Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, California, USA.
authors: Kamyar
authors: K
authors: Kalantar-Zadeh
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000628:therapy*