Implementation of Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis Reduces Hemodialysis Catheter Use and Hospital Stay in Patients with Unplanned Dialysis Start

• Main Authors: Ferruh Artunc (Author), Sandra Rueb (Author), Karolin Thiel (Author), Christian Thiel (Author), Katarzyna Linder (Author), Dorothea Baumann (Author), Hanno Bunz (Author), Thomas Muehlbacher (Author), Moritz Mahling (Author), Michael Sayer (Author), Marlies Petsch (Author), Martina Guthoff (Author), Nils Heyne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Unplanned start of renal replacement therapy is common in patients with end-stage renal disease and often accomplished by hemodialysis (HD) using a central venous catheter (CVC). Urgent start using peritoneal dialysis (PD) could be an alternative for some of the patients; however, this r...