Abstract:BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been used as a renal replacement therapy for end-stage kidney disease patients in different initiation patterns: urgent, early and planned start PD. The indication of PD initiation is mainly based on the presence or not of signs and symptoms that would indicate dialysis urgent initiation and in the possibility of patients receive pre-dialysis when they would plan RRT initiation when necessary. Our aim was to evaluate if the PD initiation modali… Show more
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