ABSTRACT
SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS In deciding whether to place a patient on peritoneal dialysis rather than hemodialysis, the long-term results of each treatment modality must be comparable. Although large multicenter randomized trials comparing peritoneal dialysis with hemodialysis have not been performed, nonrandomized comparisons of these two cohorts have found patient survival to be equivalent when adjusted for age, diabetes mellitus, and other comorbidities (1-5). Likewise, patients had similar hospitalization rates with peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis (6).
