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Haemodialysis (HD) began as an intensive care treatment offered to a very select number of patients in an attempt to keep them alive. Outcomes were extremely poor, and the procedure was cumbersome and labor intensive. With increasing expertise and advances in dialysis equipment, HD is now recognised as a life-sustaining treatment that is considered a standard of care for children with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Assessment of efficacy has evolved from mere survival, through achieving minimal standards of “adequate” dialysis with reduced morbidity, towards the provision of “optimal dialysis”, which includes attempts to more closely mimic normal renal function, and of individualised care that maximizes the patient’s health, psychosocial well-being and life potential. There is a renewed interest in dialysis, and the research profile has extended, exploring themes around convective versus diffusive treatments, HD time versus frequency and home versus in-centre dialysis. The results thus far have led dialysis care full circle from prolonged, home-based therapies to shorter, intense in-centre dialysis back to the belief that long or frequent HD at home achieves the best outcomes.

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  1. Nephrology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

    Daljit K. Hothi & Lynsey Stronach

  2. Division of Nephrology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Hothi, D.K., Stronach, L. & Harvey, E. Home haemodialysis. Pediatr Nephrol 28, 721–730 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-012-2322-6

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