Technique survival in home haemodialysis: a composite success rate and its risk predictors in a prospective longitudinal cohort from a tertiary renal network programme

Abstract

HHD training and technique failure rate are low. Technical errors are infrequent too. Diabetes and cardiac failure are associated with significant risk of technique failure. Although absolute rates are low, training failure is proportionally quite significant, highlighting the importance of reporting the composite technique failure rate (to include early HHD training phase) in HHD programmes.