Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis versus automated peritoneal dialysis and peritonitis in the short and very long term at risk.

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis versus automated peritoneal dialysis and peritonitis in the short and very long term at risk. Adv Perit Dial. 2012;28:44-9 Authors: Barone RJ, Cámpora MI, Gimenez NS, Ramirez L, Panese SA, Santopietro M Abstract Peritonitis (P) is the most important infectious complication in peritoneal dialysis (PD), but disagreement remains about the impact of PD modality on the frequency of P episodes. We compared indices linked to P between patients on continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and those on automated PD (APD) in the short and very long term. The study included 9 prevalent and 72 incident patients on CAPD (twin-bag system) and 37 incident patients on APD from 4 August 1995 to 31 March 2011. Data were collected prospectively from our database. The cumulative P rate (CPR) by weighted Student t-test (p < 0.05) expressed as the probabilities of remaining free of a first P episode and remaining free of all P episodes were compared by the Kaplan-Meier method (log rank p < 0.05). The proportion of patients with P (PPP) per group (chi2 p < 0.05) and the relative risk (RR) of P were also calculated. The CAPD patients included 51 women and 30 men [mean age.: 50.2 +/- 14.21 years (range: 15-82 years); duration of treatment: 3579 patient-months (mean: 44.2 +/- 34.2 patient-months); P episodes: 111] had a CPR of 0.38 episodes (1 episode in 31.35 patient-months) and a P rate per year (PRY) in the range 0...
Source: Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Adv Perit Dial Source Type: research