Maintaining the Uptake of Peritoneal Dialysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research Letter.
Mark CanneyLee ErJohn AntonsenMichael CoplandRajinder Suneet SinghAdeera LevinPublished in: Canadian journal of kidney health and disease (2021)
These preliminary findings indicate that peritoneal dialysis can be safely started and perhaps expanded as a means of mitigating the anticipated surge in in-center hemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Important contributors to the uptake of peritoneal dialysis in British Columbia were bedside catheter insertions and expediting transitions from in-center hemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis.