Wrong information on renal replacement therapy is the first cause of marginalization of PD in Italy
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https://doi.org/10.33393/gcnd.2014.969Keywords:
Peritoneal dialysis, Extracorporeal dialysis, Information, Nephrologist, PatientAbstract
Peritoneal dialysis still shows only a 10% prevalence rate since the last decades; in fact, the majority of Italian end-stage kidney disease patients are treated with hemodialysis., this impairment on renal replacement therapies' choice is probably due to the wrong type of information provided to patients by physicians that are unable to explain all odds to this kind of patients; besides, some more “unclear” reasons seem to play a role (e.g. social, economical).Downloads
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Published
2014-02-14
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Caputo, F. (2014). Wrong information on renal replacement therapy is the first cause of marginalization of PD in Italy. Giornale Di Clinica Nefrologica E Dialisi, 26(Suppl. 5), S42-S43. https://doi.org/10.33393/gcnd.2014.969
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