Journal Watch - In center HD
Home HD Patients Grasp Fluid Management Better than In-Center Ones
Compared to 839 people on in-center HD in the UK from six clinics, 99 receiving home HD had significantly more knowledge about fluid management and signs and symptoms of fluid overload. They also felt more in control and reported better adherence—though knowledge gaps remained.
Read the abstract » | (added 2022-06-10)
Tags: In center HD, Home HD, Fluid Management, Fluid Overload, Ckd Education
Some WILL Choose More Intensive HD—If They Learn the Benefits
In the UK, a new study of 183 in-center HD patients finds that 60+% would consider doing 4 treatments per week or 4.5 hours per treatment. Information about longer survival, better quality of life, and fewer fluid limits and access complications were all significantly linked with choosing longer and/or more frequent treatments.
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Minority of UK Dialyzors Would Choose Standard HD Schedule
Given the choice of 12 different scheduling options, just 38% of 183 people doing standard in-center HD would always choose to keep doing what they were doing. Of the remainder, after being informed of the survival and quality of life benefits of more dialysis, 27.1% would choose longer treatments thrice weekly, and 34.4% would choose four 4-hour treatments per week.
Read the abstract » | (added 2021-11-12)
Tags: In center HD, More Frequent Hemodialysis, Longer Treatments
Why Early Survival on PD Matters
If survival between PD and standard in-center HD “evens out in the end,” does it matter? Yes, argues Mark Marshall, MD, from New Zealand. The early survival benefit increases patient life years—and persists even when accounting for use of central venous HD catheters. To support shared decision-making, patients have the right to know about survival on PD vs. standard HD.
Read the abstract » | (added 2020-03-16)
Tags: Survival, PD, In center HD, Early Survival, HD Catheter
Home HD: Hospitalizations and Technique Survival
In a Swedish registry study, patients initiating PD (n=456), home HD (n=152), and in-center HD (IHD; n=608) were matched by age, sex, comorbidity, and start date. Patients using home HD had significantly lower hospital admissions and days than those doing PD or IHD (1.7, 12 days vs. 2.8, 20 days and 2.2, 14 days respectively). Home HD patients also had significantly fewer admissions for cardiovascular diagnoses or infectious disease, as well as significantly longer technique survival.
Read the abstract » | (added 2020-01-09)
Tags: PD, Home HD, In center HD, Hospital Admissions, Cardiovascular Diagnosis, Infectious Disease, Technique Survival
PD vs. In-center HD for Sudden Cardiac Death
A Korean registry study of 132,083 PD and in-center HD patients followed between 1985 and 2017 analyzed 34,532 deaths. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) was responsible for 19.6% of deaths on PD and 22.2% of deaths on in-center HD. Even after adjusting for age and comorbidities, the risk of SCD was higher with HD.
Read the abstract » | (added 2020-01-09)
Tags: PD, In center HD, Sudden Cardiac Death
PD: Better Quality of Life than In-Center HD for 2 Years
Among 989 patients starting PD or in-center HD, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was measured at 3, 12, and 24 months after dialysis start. PD patients scored higher all along on several key dimensions than HD patients—and this effect lasted up to 2 years. Both PD and HD patients had about the same amount of decline in HRQOL over 2 years.
Read the abstract » | (added 2019-08-14)
Tags: HRQOL, PD, In center HD, Quality Of Life
Fewer Hip Fractures with PD than Standard In-Center HD: Metaanalysis
Analysis of five cohort studies totalling more than 1.2 million ESRD patients found that those doing HD had a 61% higher risk of hip fracture than those doing PD.
Read the abstract » | (added 2019-02-14)
Tags: Hip Fractures, PD, In center HD
Lower Dementia Risk with PD than Standard In-Center HD: Metaanalysis
An analysis of 15 studies concludes that PD is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline and dementia than HD--but calls for well-conducted prospective studies.
Read the abstract » | (added 2019-02-14)
Tags: Dementia, PD, In center HD, Cognitive Functions
Urgent Start PD + Diabetes
A retrospective study compared the first 30-day outcomes and survival trends of 80 urgent start dialysis patients, 50 of whom (62.5%) did PD. Compared to those who started standard in-center HD, the dialysis-related complications were significantly lower for those on PD, and PD survival was higher as well. Read the abstract.
Read the abstract » | (added 2018-10-12)
Tags: Diabetes, Survival Trends, Urgent Start Dialysis, PD, In center HD, Dialysis related Complications