• Choice of dialysis modality among patients initiating dialysis: results of the Peridialysis study 

      Heaf, James; Heiro, Maija; Petersons, Aivars; Vernere, Baiba; Povlsen, Johan V.; Sørensen, Anette Bagger; Clyne, Naomi; Bumblyte, Inge; Zilinskiene, Alanta; Randers, Else; Løkkegaard, Niels; Ots-Rosenberg, Mai; Kjellevold, Stig Arne; Kampmann, Jan; Rogland, Björn; Lægreid, Inger Karin; Heimbürger, Olof; Lindholm, Bengt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: In patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), home dialysis offers socio-economic and health benefits compared with in-centre dialysis but is generally underutilized. We hypothesized that the pre-dialysis ...
    • Suboptimal dialysis initiation is associated with comorbidities and uraemia progression rate but not with estimated glomerular filtration rate 

      Heaf, James; Heiro, Maija; Petersons, Aivars; Vernere, Baiba; Povlsen, Johan V.; Sørensen, Anette Bagger; Clyne, Naomi; Bumblyte, Inga; Zilinskiene, Alanta; Randers, Else; Løkkegaard, Niels; Ots-Rosenberg, Mai; Kjellevold, Stig Arne; Kampmann, Jan; Rogland, Björn; Lægreid, Inger Karin; Heimbürger, Olof; Lindholm, Bengt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Despite early referral of uraemic patients to nephrological care, suboptimal dialysis initiation (SDI) remains a common problem associated with increased morbimortality. We hypothesized that SDI is related to ...