RT Book, Section
A1 Agarwal, Anil K.
A1 Boubes, Khaled Y.
A1 Haddad, Nabil F.
A2 Knicely, Daphne H.
A2 Abdel-Rahman, Emaad M.
A2 Greenberg, Keiko I.
SR Print(0)
ID 1178969406
T1 Vascular Access for Home Hemodialysis
T2 Handbook of Home Hemodialysis
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260458633
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178969406
RD 2024/04/16
AB Hemodialysis  (HD)  is  the  dialysis  modality  for  approximately  63%  of  all  prevalent  end-stage  kidney  disease  (ESKD)  patients  in  the  United  States,  with  only  2%  of  all  HD  patients  dialyzing  at  home  as  of  December  31,  2016.1  The  number  of  prevalent  patients  on  home  therapies  (including  7%  of  patients  utilizing  peritoneal  dialysis  [PD])  is  difficult  to  reconcile  with  the  desired  goal  of  80%  of  incident  patients  starting  with  either  home  dialysis  therapy  or  transplantation  by  year  2025  as  proclaimed  by  the  American  Kidney  Health  Initiative  executive  order  in  July  2019.