Briefly Noted

Abstract

Reanalysis of HEMO study data found that when the dialysis dose (Kt) was normalized to body surface area (SA) rather than body water (V), the higher mean dose received by women (Kt/V 1.7) compared with men (1.5) was reversed-women received less dialysis (2.3 vs. 2.5 SA normalized Kt/ V). This may explain why women but not men benefited from Kt/V levels >1.6-1.7.• HD patients receiving less than 240 minutes of dialysis thrice weekly had a 26% higher risk of death than those receiving 240 minutes or more of treatment according to an analysis of 14,643 patients in a large dialysis organization. Patients were pair matched for weight, age, gender, and access type (2).