Sleeping through dialysis: No nightmare for kidney patients

2009 May 21
by BJS

Dialysis takes hours of kidney disease patients’ time several days a week, so why not do it at night while sleeping? Overnight dialysis is more convenient for some patients and offers significant benefits over shorter daytime treatments, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

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