Should older patients be offered peritoneal dialysis?
On haemodialysis, my life was not my own - handing control to nursing staff for 4 hours, 3 days a week, surrounded by noisy machines and unhappy patients, returning home after 11 hours, too exhausted to eat and falling into bed. However, peritoneal dialysis has given me back my life. I am in control of me and am treated like a human being, not just a patient. There are minor drawbacks, such as storage for the fluids and being unable to have a bath, but it is a small price to pay.
Brown
Edwina A
EA
Department of Renal Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. e.a.brown@imperial.ac.uk
D000368:Aged; D000075202:Contraindications; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000628:therapy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D011788:Quality of Life; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012042:Registries; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome