Hemodialysis vascular access modifies the association between dialysis modality and survival
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) typically have a higher early survival rate than patients on hemodialysis (HD). New data suggest that this difference may be explained by a higher risk of early deaths among patients undergoing HD with central venous catheters, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).