A Home First Policy Helps Drive Home Therapy Choice

In the multinational Peridialysis study, of 1,587 people starting dialysis, 32.5% were judged “unsuitable” for a home treatment due to contraindications—or a lack of assessment. Among the suitable 1,071, 65.4% chose PD and 3.6% chose home HD, and the remainder went in-center. Late referral, suboptimal dialysis initiation, acute illness—and no “home dialysis first” policy were factors linked to use of in-center HD.

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Tags: Lack Of Assessment, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Pre dialysis, Uraemia