[khazhoux]

I imagine if these deaths could have been prevented by this one-line HN comment, they would have thought of it.

Maybe a better phrasing of your question would be:

> Why is hemodialysis ineffective for this?

[amelius]

The main reason for my question was this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44609583

[goda90]

Hacker News Guidelines > "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes."

[khazhoux]

My bad, snark wasn't my intent. I meant it literally. There was an accumulation of toxins, and it seems (to me at least) extremely unlikely that the researchers were not aware of dialysis as a way to remove toxins. So then let's jump to the next level of question.