title: Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis: nursing aspects.
abstract: Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (PD) refers to the initiation of dialysis soon after a PD catheter placement and is a treatment option available to the late-referred patient with advanced kidney disease. This article reviews nursing aspects of urgent-start PD and can serve as a guide for this evolving clinical pathway that can provide renal replacement therapy for a critical segment of the population with Stage 5 chronic kidney disease who require renal replacement therapy.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Groenhoff
authors.forename: Edna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McClernon
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Latasha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Majirsky
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guest
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling