Morning Dialysis May Be Better
December 8, 2001
Dialysis patients who receive treatment in the morning may survive longer than those who undergo dialysis in the afternoon according to a new study published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association. The study followed 242 dialysis patients age sixty or older and found that those treated between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. survived an average of 471 days longer than those treated from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Researchers say it is possible that patients are more rested in the morning or that blood can be cleaned more efficiently earlier in the day. Doctors have long known that sleep is important, a fact that may explain the study's outcome since most elderly patients sleep during hemodialysis.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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