TY - JOUR A2 - Schaefer, Franz AU - Michel, Fischbach AU - Ariane, Zaloszyc AU - Betti, Schaefer AU - Claus Peter, Schmitt PY - 2011 DA - 2011/05/16 TI - Optimal Hemodialysis Prescription: Do Children Need More Than a Urea Dialysis Dose? SP - 951391 VL - 2011 AB - When prescribing hemodialysis in children, the clinician should first establish an adequate regimen, before seeking to optimize the treatment (Fischbach et al. 2005). A complete dialysis dose should consist of a urea dialysis dose and a determined convective volume. Intensified and more frequent dialysis regimens should not be considered exclusively as rescue therapy. Interestingly, a recent single-center study demonstrated that frequent on-line HDF provides an optimal dialysis prescription, both in terms of blood pressure control (and therefore avoidance of left ventricular hypertrophy), and catch-up growth, that is, no malnutrition or cachexia and less resistance to growth hormone. Nevertheless, this one-center experience would benefit from a prospective randomized study. SN - 2090-214X UR - https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/951391 DO - 10.4061/2011/951391 JF - International Journal of Nephrology PB - SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research KW - ER -