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Are there any instances when you would not perform 3 consecutive daily dialysis sessions when initiating a patient on hemodialysis?

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Nephrology · Rush Medical College

In-patient - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (we are not fully staffed on Sundays).

Out-patient - I see no reason to do three days in a row.

There is nothing magical about starting dialysis. Patients were surviving without it before you started it, there is no rush.

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Nephrology · Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital

Outside of the US, at least in Thailand, the usual practice is not to do 3 days in a roll but to actually do around 2 dialysis sessions in the first week tailoring to what metabolic parameters are needed.

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