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How would you counsel a patient with CKD Stage 5 and prediabetes who is concerned about their risk of developing diabetes if they start peritoneal dialysis?

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Nephrology · University of Alabama Birmingham
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History of diabetes is certainly an important consideration to have when providing dialysis education to patients with advanced CKD. We don't contraindicate any modality, including peritoneal dialysis, when patients have a history of prediabetes or diabetes. However, I will acknowledge that uncontro...

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