How many times can dialysis be done on a kidney patient?

The closest you can get to natural kidney function is peritoneal dialysis. The average prescription for PD is 8 hours per day. That's 56 hours of “kidney function” a week compared to hemodialysis which averages 12 hours a week for incenter patients or 15 to 18 hours a week for home hemo patients. read more

In fact, doctors will make the dialysis plan according to the patient’s residual kidney function. If the urine volume is over 800ml/day, that indicate there are remaining more than 8ml/min kidney function, for those part of people they need to take dialysis10-12 hours for each week. read more

You need dialysis when you develop end stage kidney failure --usually by the time you lose about 85 to 90 percent of your kidney function and have a GFR of <15. read more