[Choice of dialysis methods as initial substitutive treatment: trends in the last 10 years]. / Scelta di metodiche dialitiche quale primo trattamento sostitutivo: evoluzione negli ultimi dieci anni.

ABSTRACT

The authors report data from the Regional Piedmontese Registry about the evolution of choices concerning dialytic therapy in the 20 regional dialysis Units during the years 1981-1990. They confirm a scale-down of acetate dialysis that is replaced with bicarbonate dialysis; besides a limited use of convective dialysis whereas peritoneal dialysis is steady. At the same time they remark an increase in admittance to dialysis and older patients.