[Need for transfusion in urea-oriented and temporally individualized dialysis planning in comparison with dialysis with standard time intervals].

From january 1984 to july 1986 three patient groups were investigated. With regard to the frequency of transfusion per month, the pre-dialysis urea profile, the use of heparin and the clinical rehabilitation no significant differences were found between the urea-orientated individualized short-term dialysis, the urea-orientated standard-time dialysis and standard dialysis with maximal blood flow through the dialyzer. Therefore, a superior utilization of the dialysis places seems to be possible, but further long-term investigations are necessary.