Decision-making around Commencing Dialysis
Open Access
- 30 May 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Scientific Scholar in Indian Journal of Palliative Care
- Vol. 27 (Suppl 1), S6-S10
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_61_21
Abstract
The decision regarding dialysis initiation is complex. Awareness that renal replacement therapy should not be regarded as default therapy for every patient with advanced renal failure is necessary. Decision to initiate dialysis and modality should be individualized in a shared decision-making process involving the treating nephrologist and the patient. Patients should receive predialysis education early in the course of chronic kidney disease so as to help prepare them well in advance for this eventuality. Withholding dialysis may be a reasonable option in a certain subset of patients, especially elderly patient with multiple co-morbid illnesses. Comprehensive conservation care should be offered in all patients where the decision to not dialyze is taken.Keywords
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