This paper aims to discuss what has been written about the treatment of patients with CKD in recent years. For this, it is intended: to make a simple bibliographic survey of articles published in the years 2018-2021, to perform a brief analysis about the results and to comment on the most used treatments. After the research, it was possible to find a total of 691 articles produced in Brazil. However, some of the findings corroborated the understanding that CKD treatment occurs from two main intervention models: dialysis and kidney transplantation. It was observed with the study that the treatment modalities (RRT and TR) can cause profound impacts on the quality of life of the subject, which makes attention and attention necessary and sensitivity of health teams to better align their practices and approximate patient demands.