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Do you use mannitol when initiating patients on intermittent hemodialysis?

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Do you use mannitol when initiating patients on intermittent hemodialysis?

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Nephrology · University Of Colorado Hospital Medicine
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This is a very good question. Mannitol has been used for decades to try and reduce disequilibrium, cramping and intradialytic hypotension. Most of the studies are small and were not placebo controlled and were performed in prevalent patients. In 2019, a randomized controlled trial was done that did ...

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