Kidney School™—a program of Medical Education Institute, Inc.

Module 2—Treatment Options for Kidney Failure

A study of more than 252,000 adult U.S. dialysis and transplant patients found that people on PD were 39% more likely to get a transplant than those who did hemodialysis in a center. We don't know why, but this was true even though the same percent of people in both groups were on the transplant list.

Here is a list that can help you decide if PD sounds like a good choice for you. Choose any of the items below that you might use to help make a decision.

PD sounds pretty gentle and easy to me.
I like the freedom of doing PD on my schedule.
Having fewer limits on what I eat and drink would be nice.
I like the idea of using my own peritoneum as a natural filter.
I think I could travel and/or keep working if I did PD.
I want to be in charge of my treatments, and PD would let me.
Doing CCPD at night would leave my days mostly free.
It might bother me to have a catheter in my belly.
I would rather not have to do exchanges a few times a day.
I'm worried I might do something wrong and get an infection.
I don't want to always have a belly full of fluid.
I'm not sure there's a place to do PD exchanges at my work.
I wonder if it would be hard to sleep with a cycler going at night.
I'm not sure what my thoughts are.
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