Early Transplantation or Conversion to Peritoneal Dialysis After First Time AV Access Creation

Hemodialysis (HD) is ideally a bridge to kidney transplantation; however, for many it is destiny therapy due to long transplant waiting times. A subset of patients will convert to peritoneal dialysis (PD). Our goal was to identify patient factors associated with early cessation of HD by either transplantation or conversion to PD.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - February 15, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Max Zhu, Alik Farber, Elizabeth King, Andrea Alonso, Anna Kobzeva-Herzog, Jeffrey J. Siracuse Source Type: research