Hemodialysis in satellite dialysis units: incidence of patient fallback to the in-center dialysis unit.

CONCLUSION: Fallback is a common event in hemodialysis patients treated in SDUs. Yet, the SDU system operates well since a third of patients treated in these units are still in SDUs at 2 years of follow-up. Factors associated with patient fallback are the center and cardiovascular disease.
PMID: 25344386 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)