Abstract
Since the mid-1990s, early dialysis initiation has dramatically increased in many countries. The Initiating Dialysis Early and Late (IDEAL) study demonstrated that, compared with late initiation, planned early initiation of dialysis was associated with comparable clinical outcomes and increased health care costs. Because residual renal function is a key determinant of outcome and is better preserved with peritoneal dialysis (PD), the present pre-specified subgroup analysis of the IDEAL trial examined the effects of early-compared with late-start dialysis on clinical outcomes in patients whose planned therapy at the time of randomization was PD.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 595 - 604 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Peritoneal Dialysis International |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |