Differences in hospitalisation between peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis patients.
Anita van Eck van der SluijsAnna A BonenkampVera A van WalleneTiny HoekstraBirgit I Lissenberg-WitteFriedo W DekkerFrans J van IttersumMarianne C VerhaarBrigit C van JaarsveldAlferso C Abrahamsnull nullPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2022)
PD was associated with higher hospitalisation rate, higher risk for first hospitalisation and higher number of hospitalisations compared with HD. Since the PD hospitalisations were mainly caused by peritonitis, more attention to infection prevention is necessary for reducing the number of hospitalisations in the future.