Effects of low-flux and high-flux hemodialysis on the survival of elderly maintenance hemodialysis patients
Wanqing Huang, Jiuxu Bai, Yanping Zhang et al. · 2024 · Renal Failure
Background Elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients have a high risk of death. The effect of different types of HD membranes on survival is still controversial. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the use of low-flux or high-flux membranes and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in elderly hemodialysis patients.Methods This was a retrospective clinical study involving maintenance hemodialysis patients which were categorized into low-flux and high-flux groups according to the dialyzer they were using. Propensity score matching was used to balance the baseline data o
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