Home-Based Dialysis: A Primer for the Internist

Annu Rev Med. 2024 Jan 29;75:205-217. doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-050922-051415. Epub 2023 Dec 1.ABSTRACTHome-based dialysis modalities offer both clinical and practical advantages to patients. The use of the home-based modalities, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis, has been increasing over the past decade after a long period of decline. Given the increasing frequency of use of these types of dialysis, it is important for clinicians to be familiar with how these types of dialysis are performed and key clinical aspects of care related to their use in patients with end-stage kidney disease.PMID:38039393 | DOI:10.1146/annurev-med-050922-051415
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