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Treatment options map

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Adapted from: www.kidneyresearchuk.org  Dialysis: Making the Right Choices for You; August 2014

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Chronic kidney disease: treatment options tree

  • Established kidney disease
    • Conservative care
    • Pre-emptive transplant: living-related donor; 1-2% of patients
    • Dialysis
      • Dialysis options 
        • In-centre hemodialysis
        • Home hemodialysis
        • Community/satellite hemodialysis
        • Automated peritoneal dialysis
        • Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
      • Transplant
        • If eligible, 1 in 10 patients receive
        • Living-related or deceased donor
        • Average wait time stats for Sunnybrook patients:
          • deceased donor: 3-4 years
          • living donor: 1-2 years