Remote vs. In-person PD Training: Which is Better?

It’s a tie, finds a small, retrospective Italian study comparing 21 in-home, in-person PD trainings from 2014 through 2016 to 25 video-based training from 2016 through 2018. After a home visit, PD training done by telemedicine. Actually, there were 5 episodes of peritonitis in the home training group—and 0 in the telemedicine group. And, 2-year technique survival with in-person training was 56.3%—while for telemedicine training, it was 76.9%.

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