As individual as your patients
Your patients have a chronic kidney disease in common, but they differ in many ways: age, height, weight, stage of illness, residual renal function etc. These differences have a decisive impact on the required PD treatment
Age is an important factor influencing the choice of dialysis modality. Patients with good dexterity and motivation are good candidates for PD. With increasing age, the associated comorbidities of dialysis patients might deteriorate and with it their frailty.
