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Understanding possible differences between haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration which affect survival in end-stage kidney disease dialysis patients: the STITCHED study halted by the COVID-19 epidemic.

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Key takeaways

Dialysis patients die mostly of heart disease. Standard dialysis (called haemodialysis) pulls waste out one way; a newer version (haemodiafiltration) adds a second method and clears a wider range of toxins. The STITCHED study was set up to compare them, but COVID-19 stopped it before it finished. This report explains the thinking behind the study and why it ended, so there are no survival results here.

Who did this work

Davenport A · MacNeil S · Caskey F

Source

Article · PubMed, Climate, heat and the kidney · 2026 Aug 4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42732118/