Longer time between dialysis, surgery correlates with mortality risk in patients with ESKD

Among Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage kidney disease, a longer interval between last dialysis session and a surgical procedure significantly correlates with an increased risk of 90-day postoperative mortality, results showed.
Data published in JAMA Network revealed that undergoing hemodialysis treatment on the same day as surgery is associated with a lower risk of mortality.
“Although experts recommend performing hemodialysis either on the day prior to surgery or on the day of surgery, there are no consensus statements or guidelines to address the timing of preoperative hemodialysis,”

Among Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage kidney disease, a longer interval between last dialysis session and a surgical procedure significantly correlates with an increased risk of 90-day postoperative mortality, results showed.
Data published in JAMA Network revealed that undergoing hemodialysis treatment on the same day as surgery is associated with a lower risk of mortality.
“Although experts recommend performing hemodialysis either on the day prior to surgery or on the day of surgery, there are no consensus statements or guidelines to address the timing of preoperative hemodialysis,”