Short daily haemodialysis: survival in 415 patients treated for 1006 patient-years.

Background: Survival statistics for daily haemodialysis are lacking as most centres providing this have treated only a small number of patients for short observation times. We pooled our 23-year, 1006-patient-year, five-centre experience of 415 patients treated by short daily haemodialysis.

Methods: One hundred and fifty patients were treated in-centre, most because of medical complications and 265 by home or self-care haemodialysis.