Does penetration of peritoneal dialysis have a cutoff? How to overcome it?

Authors

  • Massimo Sandrini U.O. Nefrologia, Spedali Civili e Università di Brescia, Brescia
  • Valerio Vizzardi U.O. Nefrologia, Spedali Civili e Università di Brescia, Brescia
  • Luigi Manili U.O. Nefrologia, Spedali Civili e Università di Brescia, Brescia
  • Giovanni Cancarini U.O. Nefrologia, Spedali Civili e Università di Brescia, Brescia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33393/gcnd.2014.953

Keywords:

Peritoneal dialysis, Incidence, Prevalence

Abstract

At the dialysis center of Brescia, with experience in peritoneal dialysis (PD) of more than 30 years, the incidence of PD is 35%. Despite this, the prevalence of PD has an apparently fixed cutoff at about 80 patients. This short paper synthesizes some possible solutions to increase penetration of PD.