Treatment Options
Dialysis Options
Haemodialysis
Peritoneal Dialysis
Benefits and Points to Consider
Kidney Transplant
Conservative Medical Treatment
Advises
- choose your treatment
- treatment options for chronic kidney disease
Review of dialysis options
HOSPITAL / IN-CENTER DIALYSIS
Hospital Haemodialysis (HD)
Benefits- Nursing staff performs treatment for you in the hospital.
- Requires 3 treatments per week.
- No equipment or supplies needed to be stored at home.
- Intermittent treatment, usually 3 times a week.
Points to consider
- Travel to clinic 3 times a week on a fixed schedule.
- May not be able to continue to work due to dialysis treatment schedule.
- A permanent access to your blood is required, typically on your arm.
- Sometimes a temporary catheter has to be inserted.
- Insertion of 2 needles at each treatment session.
- Fluid and diet restrictions.
HOME DIALYSIS
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
Benefits- Privacy, flexibility and comfort of home.
- Treatment can be done at a convenient time based on your lifestyle.
- Dialysis supplies are portable and dialysis can be performed almost anywhere.
- No needles to perform procedure.
- No travelling to dialysis centre to perform treatment.
- Continuous treatment.
Points to consider
- In CAPD exchanges must be performed usually 4 times a day 7 days a week.
- APD requires a machine in your bedroom and you will need to perform dialysis 7 nights a week.
- You need to be trained.
- A plastic tube needs to be placed in your abdomen.
- Home therapy may impact your family life.
- Requires storage space in your home for supplies.
- Fluid and diet restrictions.
Home Haemodialysis (HHD)
Benefits- Privacy, flexibility and comfort of home.
- No travelling to dialysis center to perform treatment.
- Same person always helps you perform treatment.
- Cleans blood 5-6 times during the week.
Points to consider
- Must have a trained care-giver to help you.
- Training may take four weeks or more.
- A permanent access to your blood is required, typically in your arm.
- Insertion of 2 needles at each treatment session.
- Home therapy may impact your family life.
- Requires storage space in your home for supplies.
- Fluid and diet restrictions.
