Reducing dialysis time is important for the rehabilitation of chronic hemodialysis patients.
Increased blood flow and membrane area would be required to shorten dialysis time without sacrificing efficiency or inducing side effects and complications.
In recent fundamental experiment, it was confirmed that 3-hr dialysis with the 2.6m2 HFK used in a cuprophane membrane was as efficient as 5-hr dialysis with the 1.1m2 HFK.
Our successful one year clinical experience with this system has prompted us to present this report here.