Open AccessA Comparison of Transplant Outcomes in Peritoneal and Hemodialysis Patients: A Meta-Analysis
Author(s) -
Mingshuang Tang,
Tianyi Li,
Hong Liu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
blood purification
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1421-9735
pISSN - 0253-5068
DOI - 10.1159/000446272
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , hazard ratio , hemodialysis , gastroenterology , dialysis , transplantation , incidence (geometry) , meta analysis , urology , confidence interval , physics , optics
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) have been considered the 2 standard pre-transplant dialysis modalities in patients awaiting kidney transplantation. However, the impact of pretransplant dialysis on the short- and long-term post-transplant outcomes remains controversial.