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Kidney patients try radical approach: Overnight dialysis: Medical study finds longer treatment while patients sleep offers better results.
Byline: Dorsey Griffith
Sep. 19--His beloved Redskins' win over Philadelphia locked in, and his belly full after two slices of chicken-pineapple pizza, Thomas Ross needed only his blanket before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.
Six hours later, Ross awoke, still carefully tethered to a dialysis machine and feeling well-rested and ready for a full day of work.
It was an encouraging start to a radical new approach to dialysis for the 42-year-old Elk Grove man, one of a small group of Sacramento-area kidney failure patients who have chosen to get their dialysis while snoozing in leather recliners three nights a week.
The University Dialysis Clinic on Campus Commons Road, which began the nocturnal treatments last week, is a rarity in the United States and may be the only such program in Northern California.
Patients like Ross, who normally get dialysis in three- to four-hour increments three times a week,…
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