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Would you offer peritoneal dialysis to a patient with ESKD who also has a ventriculoperitoneal shunt?

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Nephrology · LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
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I would not place a PD catheter in an adult ESRD patient who has a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS). I would instead place a hemodialysis vascular access and encourage this patient to do home hemodialysis. However, if the patient had exhausted all vascular access sites and was catheter-dependent, I ...

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