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<p>In developed countries, renal replacement therapy (RRT) is available to any patient who needs it. Renal replacement therapy patients still believe that starting therapy means being tied to their home nephrology center, which prevents them from traveling. The role of specialists is to inform their patients that they can travel. Guidelines concerning the ways in which patients should be prepared for trips are available, but they are mainly based on expert opinion. Therefore, there is a need for extensive research to evaluate the safety of long-distance travel in the discussed patient population.</p>
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In developed countries, renal replacement therapy (RRT) is available to any patient who needs it. Renal replacement therapy patients still believe that starting therapy means being tied to their home nephrology center, which prevents them from traveling. The role of specialists is to inform their patients that they can travel. Guidelines concerning the ways in which patients should be prepared for trips are available, but they are mainly based on expert opinion. Therefore, there is a need for extensive research to evaluate the safety of long-distance travel in the discussed patient population.

Traveller treated with renal replacement therapy

malgorzata.marchelek.mysliwiec@pum.edu.pl

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

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In developed countries, renal replacement therapy (RRT) is available to any patient who needs it. Renal replacement therapy patients still believe that...

Traveller treated with renal replacement therapy

Published Online: Apr 25, 2024

Page range: 26 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.972

Keywords
travel, renal replacement therapy, immunization

© 2024 Małgorzata Marchelek-Myśliwiec et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Traveller treated with renal replacement therapy

Published Online: Apr 25, 2024

Page range: 26 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.972

Keywordstravel, renal replacement therapy, immunization

© 2024 Małgorzata Marchelek-Myśliwiec et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
travel, renal replacement therapy, immunization