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To the Editor: In his review of hemodialysis, Ifudu (Oct. 8 issue)¹ points out the high annual mortality rate of 22 to 24 percent among patients undergoing hemodialysis in the United States and calls for an increase in the dialysis dose. This is at odds with the recommendations in Table 1 of the article, in which a Kt/V <1.2 is suggested as being indicative of inadequate dialysis. (Kt/V is a dimensionless mathematical model for quantifying the dialysis dose, where K is the manufacturer's stated dialyzer urea clearance, t is the length of dialysis treatment, and V is the volume of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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