When switching a patient from PD to HD, do you have to start very slow treatment to prevent any dialysis disequilibrium or you just can start full HD treatment?. Switch is done for peritonitis not for membrane failure

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Jean Francis, Doctor/MD from Boston asked
When switching a patient from PD to HD, do you have to start very slow treatment to prevent any dialysis disequilibrium or you just can start full HD treatment?. Switch is done for peritonitis not for membrane failure

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Dysequilibrium syndrome rarely occurs in somebody who is receiving dialysis. But on conversion from PD to HD, many patients are not used to the hemodynamic stress of HD. For those conversion due to peritonitis, the sepsis, poor eating can all lead to hemodynamic instability. I usually start the first HD session shorter, like 2-3 hours, and then gradually increase the duration of treatment each time if they can tolerate.

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