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End stage kidney disease
Would you recommend adjusting the hemodialysis schedule for a TTS dialysis patient who is scheduled for surgery on a Monday?
Fielding-Singh, et al., PMID 36326747
Answer from: at Academic Institution
there is a significant chance the surgery would be cancelled for hyperkalemia. so, Yes. I would definitely try to do dialysis prior to surgery, as close to it as possible.
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