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  • Title: The renaissance of home hemodialysis: where we are, why we got here, what is happening in the United States and elsewhere.
    Author: Blagg CR.
    Journal: Hemodial Int; 2008 Jul; 12 Suppl 1():S2-5. PubMed ID: 18638236.
    Abstract:
    Home hemodialysis has been around since 1964, but its use has declined over the years in most countries, this despite its advantages, particularly improved patient survival and quality of life and significant cost savings. Experience has shown that home hemodialysis can be performed successfully by many more patients than at present. Recently, with the demonstration of even better results with more frequent hemodialysis that is obviously best performed at home and with the development of new, more patient-friendly machines, the use of home hemodialysis is beginning to increase again.
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