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How do you manage persistently high interdialytic weight gain in a patient whose ultrafiltration rate regularly exceeds 13 mL/kg/hr?

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How do you manage a hemodialysis patient with ultrafiltration rates regularly exceeding 13 mL/kg/hr who declines longer or additional sessions despite dietary counseling?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
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If the patient is willing to do longer dialysis or an extra day of dialysis, then that would be the best option. If not, then the only choice is to remove more than 13 mL/kg/hr as otherwise, over time, the patient will be fluid overloaded. Of course, all patients should be educated on low salt/low f...

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