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Dialysis and driving: an anonymous survey of patients receiving dialysis for end-stage kidney disease.

Alison GraverMorris OdellLeonid ChurilovDavid A PowerPeter F MountMatthew R P DaviesSuet-Wan ChoyKathy PaizisNatasha Cook
Published in: Internal medicine journal (2021)
Dialysis patients are at risk of driving impairment based on self-reported questionnaire responses. Discrepancies between patients' perceptions and objective markers were apparent. Further research into appropriate risk assessments, as well as development of guidelines to aid in determining driving safety in dialysis patients, is needed.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • prognostic factors
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • primary care
  • magnetic resonance
  • computed tomography