Tanun Ngamvichchukorn, Chidchanok Ruengorn, Kajohnsak Noppakun, Kednapa Thavorn, Brian Hutton, Manish M Sood, Greg A Knoll, Surapon Nochaiwong
IMPORTANCE: The benefits and disadvantages of different pretransplant dialysis modalities and their posttransplant outcomes remain unclear in contemporary kidney transplant care. OBJECTIVE: To summarize the available evidence of the association of different pretransplant dialysis modalities, including hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis (PD), with posttransplant outcomes. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, CINAHL, and gray literature were searched from inception to March 18, 2022 (updated to April 1, 2022), for relevant studies and with no language restrictions...
October 3, 2022: JAMA Network Open