Mortality and cardiovascular events in online haemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) compared with high-flux dialysis: results from the Turkish OL-HDF Study.

Ok, Ercan; Asci, Gulay; Toz, Huseyin; Sevinc Ok, Ebru; Kircelli, Fatih; Yilmaz, Mumtaz; Hur, Ender; Sezis Demirci, Meltem; Demirci, Cenk; Duman, Soner; Basci, Ali; Momin Adam, Siddig; Onder Isik, Ismet; Zengin, Murat; Suleymanlar, Gultekin; Emin Yilmaz, Mehmet; Ozkahya, Mehmet; Online Haemodiafiltration Study, Turkish

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfs407

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Mortality and cardiovascular events in online haemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) compared with high-flux dialysis: results from the Turkish OL-HDF Study.

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Authors:

Ercan Ok

Gulay Asci

Huseyin Toz

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Online haemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) is considered to confer clinical benefits over haemodialysis (HD) in terms of solute removal in patients undergoing maintenance HD. The aim of this study was to compare postdilution OL-HDF and high-flux HD in terms of morbidity and mortality. METHODS: I...

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