Haijiao Jin, Wei Fang, Mingli Zhu, Zanzhe Yu, Yan Fang, Hao Yan, Minfang Zhang, Qin Wang, Xiajing Che, Yuanyuan Xie, Jiaying Huang, Chunhua Hu, Haifen Zhang, Shan Mou, Zhaohui Ni
BACKGROUND: Several studies have suggested that urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a feasible alternative to hemodialysis (HD) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but the impact of the dialysis modality on outcome, especially on short-term complications, in urgent-start dialysis has not been directly evaluated. The aim of the current study was to compare the complications and outcomes of PD and HD in urgent-start dialysis ESRD patients. METHODS: In this retrospective study, ESRD patients who initiated dialysis urgently without a pre-established functional vascular access or PD catheter at a single center from January 2013 to December 2014 were included...
2016: PloS One