Abstract
Inadequate dialysis is easier to define and recognise than adequate dialysis. Defining inadequate dialysis is thus the first step and allows the establishment of a minimum acceptable dose of dialysis that is compatible with short-term well-being and the absence of uraemic symptoms. An optimal dialysis dose is harder to define but should include such factors as the patient's clinical symptomology, nutritional status and achievement of a fully active, rehabilitated life.
MeSH terms
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Age Factors
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Body Water / chemistry
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Body Water / metabolism*
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Dietary Proteins
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Extracellular Fluid / chemistry
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Extracellular Fluid / metabolism
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Female
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Humans
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Intracellular Fluid / chemistry
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Intracellular Fluid / metabolism
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / metabolism
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
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Male
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Metabolic Clearance Rate
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Models, Biological
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Monitoring, Physiologic / methods*
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Nutrition Assessment
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Nutritional Status
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Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Prescriptions
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Quality Assurance, Health Care
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Renal Dialysis / methods*
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Renal Dialysis / standards
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Reproducibility of Results
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Sex Characteristics
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Time Factors
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Tissue Distribution
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Urea / analysis
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Urea / metabolism*