Assisted peritoneal dialysis compared to in-centre hemodialysis – an observational study of outcomes from the Swedish Renal Registry

In this study patients starting assPD, often as a palliative treatment, showed no difference compared to IHD concerning the number of hospitalizations, number of days in hospital/year or continuation of the dialysis modality. Patients on assPD had a worse survival, which is likely due to residual confounding. Without that, patients on assPD would probably have lower number of hospitalizations. Despite limitations due to the retrospective observational design of the study, the results indicate that assPD is a feasible alternative to IHD when self-care dialysis is not possible and/or IHD too arduous.