Incremental versus conventional haemodialysis in end-stage kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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"This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. To identify eligible studies, a search was conducted in MEDLINE, Scopus and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from 1990 to April 2023. Reference lists of the obtained articles were also searched for relevant publications. Also, unpublished data were sought from ClinicalTrials.gov and conference abstracts. The study protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42022378215). For the search, the following terms were used: ‘incremental dialysis’ OR ‘conventional hemodialysis’ OR ‘once-weekly hemodialysis’ OR ‘twice-weekly hemodialysis’ OR ‘thrice-weekly hemodialysis’. The search was limited to the English language."