Jornal de Nefrologia e Doenças Renais

Online HDF-How to reach the Sufficient Target Filtrate

Thomas Ryzlewicz

Online-Therapy is an excellent quality of treatment, introduced in 1993. There is still a lack of proof concerning the better survival of these patients, as there will be up today a positive selection of the online-HDF-treated patients. There are several important points to make sure in order to reach the sufficient convective target volume in post-dilution (23 L), with has supposed at first in the ESHOL study. To reach this target (>proven longer survival), it will be reasonable to keep the conditions of this extraordinary treatment not at the absolute minimum. This will comprise the following points.