Peritoneal dialysis: a temporizing means for hemodialysis patients with subdural hematomas.
Subdural hematoma has a higher mortality rate with hemodialysis patients than the normal population. One reason for this is the coagulation abnormalities of hemodialyzed patients. One case of a successfully treated subdural hematoma in a chronic peritoneal dialysis patient is presented. Changing the mode of dialysis from hemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis in a patient suspected of having a subdural hematoma may be beneficial in improving overally survival.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*