The advantages of peritoneal dialysis over hemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tz-Heng Chen^{1

2}, Yu-Hua Wen^{1

3}, Chun-Fan Chen^{1

4}, Ann Charis Tan⁵, Yung-Tai Chen^{1

6}, Fan-Yu Chen^{1

5}, Chih-Ching Lin^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Fenglin Branch, Hualien, Taiwan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital Renai Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Heping Fuyou Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.

Tz-Heng Chen et al. Semin Dial. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;33(5):369-371.

doi: 10.1111/sdi.12903. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Tz-Heng Chen^{1

2}, Yu-Hua Wen^{1

3}, Chun-Fan Chen^{1

4}, Ann Charis Tan⁵, Yung-Tai Chen^{1

6}, Fan-Yu Chen^{1

5}, Chih-Ching Lin^{1

5}

¹ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Fenglin Branch, Hualien, Taiwan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital Renai Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Heping Fuyou Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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