Open AccessCombination of once-weekly haemodialysis with peritoneal dialysis is associated with lower mortality compared with peritoneal dialysis alone: a longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Miho Murashima,
Takayuki Hamano,
Masanori Abe,
Ikuto Masakane
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical kidney journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 2048-8513
pISSN - 2048-8505
DOI - 10.1093/ckj/sfaa173
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , dialysis , combination therapy , mortality rate , confidence interval , renal function , heart failure , surgery
Approximately 20% of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Japan are on combination with once-weekly haemodialysis (HD). This study aimed to compare outcomes of combination therapy and PD alone.
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