Intensive Home Hemodialysis Survival Comparable to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Kidney transplantation (KT) remains the treatment of choice for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), but access to transplantation is limited by a disparity between supply and demand for suitable organs. This organ shortfall has resulted in the use of a wider range of donor kidneys and, in parallel, a reexamination of potential alternative renal replacement therapies. Previous studies comparing Canadian intensive home hemodialysis (IHHD) with deceased donor (DD) KT in the United States reported similar survival, suggesting IHHD might be a plausible alternative.

Methods

Using data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and an experienced US-based IHHD program in Lynchburg, VA, we retrospectively compared mortality outcomes of a cohort of IHHD patients

SUBMITTER: Nishio-Lucar AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056865 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature