Effects of Hemodiafiltration versus Conventional Hemodialysis in Children with ESKD: The HDF, Heart and Height Study

Shroff R., Smith C., Ranchin B., KARABAY BAYAZIT A., Stefanidis C. J. , Askiti V., ...More

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, vol.30, no.4, pp.678-691, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1681/asn.2018100990
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.678-691
  • Keywords: hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration (HDF), carotid intima-media thickness, growth, cardiovascular disease, children, INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS, POST-DILUTION HEMODIAFILTRATION, HIGH-FLUX HEMODIALYSIS, STAGE RENAL-DISEASE, ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, ONLINE HEMODIAFILTRATION, RECOVERY-TIME, VASCULAR CALCIFICATION, CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS

Abstract

Background Hypertension and cardiovascular disease are common in children undergoing dialysis. Studies suggest that hemodiafiltration (HDF) may reduce cardiovascular mortality in adults, but data for children are scarce.