Starting dialysis is dangerous: how do we balance the risk?
Kidney Int
; 82(4): 382-7, 2012 Aug.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22534960
Recent studies of timing of dialysis initiation have challenged the recent trend to earlier initiation of therapy. The observed outcomes though are a consequence of the balance between the risks of advanced uremia versus the inherent dangers relating to dialysis therapy itself. Many of these risks are inherent in how dialysis treatment is currently carried out, and may indeed be amenable to mitigation, through refinement of clinical practice (and potentially modality choice). This article aims to lay out a discussion relating to patient outcomes being the composite result of this balance, pivoting on the vulnerability of a particular patient to these attendant risks.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Renal Dialysis
/
Patient Selection
/
Kidney Diseases
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Kidney Int
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United States