Urgent vs. early-start peritoneal dialysis: patients' profile and outcomes.

Viviane Calice da Silva Bruna C Tonial Helen Caroline Ferreira Fabiana Baggio Nerbass

Published in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2021)

Fifty five percent of our sample started PD less than 72 hours after catheter insertion. The lack of difference in the measured outcomes compared to patients that had therapy initiated after this period encourages the use of urgent PD when needed.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
metabolic syndrome
patient reported
replacement therapy