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Is cool dialysis an effective and well-tolerated means of reducing the frequency of intradialytic hypotension?

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boxed-textSelby NM and McIntyre CW (2006) A systematic review of the clinical effects of reducing dialysate fluid temperature. Nephrol Dial Transplant 21: 1883–1898

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  1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Medical Director of the Renal Research Institute in New York City, NY, USA

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  2. Medical Universities of Innsbruck and Salzburg,

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  3. Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Graz, Austria

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NW Levin is employed by the Renal Research Institute (RRI), which is jointly owned by the Beth Israel Medical Center New York and Fresenius Medical Care North America. The RRI receives research funds and support from Roche and Abbott Laboratories. P Kotanko declared he has no competing interests.

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Levin, N., Kotanko, P. Is cool dialysis an effective and well-tolerated means of reducing the frequency of intradialytic hypotension?. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 670–671 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0342

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