Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis versus conventional-start peritoneal dialysis for people with chronic kidney disease.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with CKD who require dialysis urgently without ready-to-use dialysis access in place, urgent-start PD may increase the risk of dialysate leak and has uncertain effects on catheter blockage, malposition or readjustment, PD dialysate flow problems, infectious complications, exit-site bleeding, technique survival, and patient survival compared with conventional-start PD. PMID: 33320346 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33320346?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Htay H, Johnson DW, Craig JC, Teixeira-Pinto A, Hawley CM, Cho Y Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research