Integrated Home Dialysis Programs and Hospitalization Risk

A Canadian Organ Replacement Register study compared hospitalization risk before, during, and after a PD to HHD transition (n=301) matched with HHD-first patients (n=711). The PD to HHD group had hospitalization rates up to 2.17 per patient year, mainly infectious, and predominantly in the year before the switch. Once on HHD, hospitalization risk tended to stabilize.

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Tags: Integrated Home Dialysis Programs, Hospitalization Risk, Organ Replacement, PD, HHD