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Peritoneal dialysis vs hemodialysis: time to end the debate?

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Uncertainty exists over whether hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is the modality associated with better survival in patients with end-stage renal disease. Mehrotra and colleagues have shown that survival rates have improved more with peritoneal dialysis than with hemodialysis in more recent cohorts of US patients starting dialysis and that, overall, the two modalities have very similar 5-year mortality rates.

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  1. London Health Sciences Centre, Room A2-345, Victoria Hospital, 800 Commissioners Road East, London, N6A 5W9, ON, Canada

    Peter G. Blake

  2. London Health Sciences Centre, Room A2-346, Victoria Hospital, 800 Commissioners Road East, London, N6A 5W9, ON, Canada

    Rita S. Suri

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P. G. Blake declares an association with the following company: Baxter (grant/research support). R. S. Suri declares no competing interests.

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Blake, P., Suri, R. Peritoneal dialysis vs hemodialysis: time to end the debate?. Nat Rev Nephrol 7, 308–310 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2011.55

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