More Hospital Readmissions with PD Than In-Center HD

Those on PD have fewer routine clinic visits than those on standard in-center HD. This may help explain why a 10-year study of hospital discharges among 28,026 dialyzors in Canada found that 30-day readmission rates in PD patients were higher (7.1) than for matched patients doing standard in-center HD (6.0). Better care transitions may help.

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Tags: Hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis

Heart Disease? PD is a Good Option

In a single clinic study, 112 new patients starting PD with or without heart disease were followed for 5 years. More people with heart disease had diabetes (53.3% vs. 31.7%), and they tended to be older. But, there were no differences between groups in hospital admissions, peritonitis, or PD technique failure.

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Tags: Peritoneal dialysis

Autonomy is Key to Choice of PD

French researchers interviewed 150 patients who began dialysis between 2010 and 2014 from four clinics, and their nephrologists, to see what factors influence the choice of PD. Of those who could do PD or HD, 46.7% preferred PD. The main reason for this preference was having or wanting to have autonomy.

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Tags: Peritoneal dialysis