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Day-to-Day Tasks
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Transplant may be better
than in-center hemodialysis .
Studies show people on hemodialysis do
a lot worse with day-to-day tasks than
people with a transplant.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis and
in-center hemodialysis may
be about the same.
Studies show people on each treatment
do day-to-day tasks just as well.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant
In-center
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
45 out of 100 people with a
transplant had problems with
day-to-day tasks.
81 out of 100 people on
peritoneal dialysis had problems
with day-to-day tasks.
82 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis had problems with
day-to-day tasks.
81 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis had problems with
day-to-day tasks.
= 1 person who had problems
= 1 person who did not have problems
= 1 person who had problems
= 1 person who did not have problems
= 1 person who had problems
= 1 person who did not have problems
= 1 person who had problems
= 1 person who did not have problems
Transplant may be better
than peritoneal dialysis .
Studies show some people on
peritoneal dialysis do somewhat worse
with day-to-day tasks than people
with a transplant. Others on peritoneal
dialysis do a lot worse.
Here’s what one study showed:
In one study, people with a transplant were better able to do
day-to-day tasks than people on peritoneal dialysis.
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