XXXX ( @entity298 ) versus hospital or home haemodialysis for @entity454 in adults.

@entity1 @entity23 @entity298 @entity454
BACKGROUND: Renal replacement therapy (RRT) with dialysis and transplantation is the only means of sustaining life for @entity1 with @entity454 ( @entity454 ). Although transplantation is the treatment of choice, the number of donor kidneys are limited and transplants may fail. Hence many @entity1 require long-term or even life-long dialysis. @entity298 ( @entity298 ) is an alternative to hospital or home haemodialysis for @entity1 with @entity454 . OBJECTIVES: To assess the benefits and harms of @entity298 versus hospital or home haemodialysis for adults with @entity454 . SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2002), the Cochrane Renal Group's Specialised Register (May 2002), MEDLINE (1966 - May 2002), EMBASE (1980 - May 2002), BIOSIS, CINHAL, SIGLE and NRR without language restriction. Reference lists of retrieved articles and conference proceedings were searched and known investigators and biomedical companies were contacted. SELECTION CRITERIA: @entity23 ( @entity23 ) or quasi- @entity23 comparing @entity298 to hospital or home haemodialysis for adults with @entity454 were to be included. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two reviewers were to independently assess the methodological quality of studies. Data was to be abstracted from included studies onto a standard form by one reviewer and checked by another. Statistical analyses were to be performed using the random effects model and the results to be expressed as relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). MAIN RESULTS: Despite extensive searching, no @entity23 or quasi- @entity23 were identified. REVIEWER'S CONCLUSIONS: Data are not available to allow conclusions to be drawn about the relative effectiveness of @entity298 compared with hospital or home haemodialysis for adults with @entity454 . Efforts should be made to start and complete adequately powered @entity23 , which compare the different dialysis modalities.
