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. 2008 Sep-Oct;28(5):444-8.

Should older patients be offered peritoneal dialysis?

Edwina A Brown  1
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  • PMID: 18708533

Should older patients be offered peritoneal dialysis?

Edwina A Brown. Perit Dial Int. 2008 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

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.

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