A new study suggests that peritoneal dialysis achieves a favourable mortality outcome compared with haemodialysis for the first 2 years of treatment. However, registry-based comparisons of mortality outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease on either renal replacement modality are often fraught with complications.
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F.O.F. has consulted for Aethlon Medical Stock, Fibrogen and Fresenius Medical Care. N.W.L. has received honoraria from Baxter, serves on the Advisory Board of the Renal Research Institute and is an affiliate and shareholder of Fresenius Medical Care.
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Finkelstein, F., Levin, N. Is it realistic to compare peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis?. Nat Rev Nephrol 10, 618–619 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2014.176
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