Depends...: It depends on the severity of the copd. If the patient is on COPD medications and has relatively mild symptoms and/or is well-controlled, then dialysis can be given. It will likely need to be hemodialysis as a pulmonary patient is not likely to tolerate peritoneal dialysis. For an individual case, a kidney specialist will determine if the patient will tolerate dialysis treatment.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Not necessarily: Depending on the severity of the copd, dialysis may be a very reasonable treatment for end stage renal disease.
Answered 10/30/2012
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