Quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease depending on cardiac pathology on peritoneal dialysis

The article is devoted to the comparative characteristics of the quality of life in patients with cardiac pathology on renal replacement therapy by peritoneal dialysis. In modem nephrology, the choice of renal replacement therapy to patients with chronic kidney disease is one of the most important steps in ensuring quality of life. Peritoneal dialysis allows for high survival in the first years of replacement therapy, better preserves residual kidney function, provides the necessary conditions for further transplantation, has a positive impact on the quality of life and increases patient satisfaction with treatment, thanks to a controlled transition to flexible treatment schedules. However, there is a category of patients to whom replacement therapy does not provide the expected symptomatic relief due to the presence of comorbid syndrome in the form of cardiac pathology, which in turn requires additional therapy.