Kidney Week

Clinical Practice Session

Choosing the Optimal Dialysis Modality for Difficult Situations

November 06, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Location: Room 342D, Convention Center

Session Description

This session explores situations in which clinicians may have preconceived ideas about the optimal dialysis modality. These preconceived ideas often stem from clinician bias rather than evidence. Exploring the evidence further enables patients starting dialysis to have true choice in decisions about their care.

Learning Objective(s)

• Summarize dialysis outcomes for people with severe obesity
• Evaluate whether decline of cognitive function is affected by dialysis modality
• Assess whether outcomes of adolescents on dialysis are affected by modality
• Discuss whether peritoneal dialysis is the optimal modality in the presence of severe heart failure

Learning Pathway(s)

• Dialysis
• Hypertension and Cardiorenal Disorders

Moderators

• Scott E. Liebman, MD, MPH
• Raj P. Munshi, MD

Presentations

• Severe Obesity: Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, and How?
  10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  
  • Yoshitsugu Obi, MD, PhD, FASN

Severe Obesity: Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, and How?

November 06, 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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• Patient with Cognitive Impairment: Hemodialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis?
  11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  
  • Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH

Patient with Cognitive Impairment: Hemodialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis?

November 06, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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• Recurrent Kidney Disease Post-Transplant in a Child: Which Dialysis Modality?
  11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  
  • Rukshana Shroff, MD, PhD

Recurrent Kidney Disease Post-Transplant in a Child: Which Dialysis Modality?

November 06, 2025 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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• Severe Heart Failure: Is Peritoneal Dialysis the Optimal Dialysis Modality?
  12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  
  • Joanne M. Bargman, MD

Severe Heart Failure: Is Peritoneal Dialysis the Optimal Dialysis Modality?

November 06, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

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