Home haemodialysis in Malaysia.

A review of the home haemodialysis programme at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, between 1977 and 1984 revealed that out of 194 patients accepted into the programme, 187 completed home training and continued haemodialysis at home, seven died before having started on the training programme. The majority of patients required less than four months to be trained; 107 patients performed dialysis independently and 24 required assistance only for the insertion of needles. Patient survival was 93%, 80% and 69% at one, three and five years, respectively.