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Personalised cooler dialysate for patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis (MyTEMP): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Haemodialysis centres have conventionally provided maintenance haemodialysis using a standard dialysate temperature (eg, 36·5°C) for all patients. Many centres now use cooler dialysate (eg, 36·0°C or lower) for potential cardiovascular benefits. We aimed to assess whether personalised cooler dialysate, implemented as centre-wide policy, reduced the risk of cardiovascular-related death or hospital admission compared with standard …

Authors

committee TMW; Garg AX; Al-Jaishi AA; Dixon SN; Sontrop JM; Anderson SJ; Bagga A; Benjamin DS; Berry WA; Blake PG

Journal

The Lancet, Vol. 400, No. 10364, pp. 1693–1703

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2022

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01805-0

ISSN

0140-6736