Complications and outcomes of urgent-start peritoneal dialysis in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease in China: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the complications and survival of elderly patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who received urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (USPD) or urgent-start haemodialysis (USHD), and to explore the value of peritoneal dialysis (PD) as the emergent dialysis method for elderly patients with ESRD.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Two tertiary care hospitals in Shanghai, China.

Participants

Chinese patients (n=542) >65 years of age with estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤15 mL/min/m² who received urgent-start dialysis between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2015, and with at least 3 months of treatment. Patients who converted to other dialysis methods, regardless of the initial dialysis method, were excluded, as well

SUBMITTER: Zang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103849 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature