Standard vs. Incremental PD Start: 12-year Retrospective Study

When people start PD with some residual function, is it beneficial not to begin with a full PD prescription? A study looked back at 12 years of people who started PD, 232 standard and 71 intermittent (iPD; 2-3 manual exchanges per day). Those who did iPD had higher residual kidney function than those on standard PD. For people with diabetes, iPD was linked with a survival advantage as well.

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Tags: PD, Residual Function, Intermittent PD, IPD, Diabetes