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Variation in peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis outcomes in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS).
This observational prospective cohort study describes the likelihood of a cure after a peritonitis episode from peritoneal dialysis (PD), exploring its association with various patient, peritonitis, and treatment characteristics. The cohort included 1,631 peritonitis episodes (1,190 patients, 126 facilities) in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Outcomes looked at included cure, defined as absence of death, transfer to hemodialysis (HD), PD catheter removal, relapse, or recurrent peritonitis within 50 days of a peritonitis episode. Odds of cure were lower for Gram-negative, polymicrobial, and fungal peritonitis compared with Gram-positive peritonitis. Odds of cure were also higher with automated PD versus continuous ambulatory PD, facility icodextrin use, empirical aminoglycoside user, and ciprofloxacin use versus ceftazidime use for Gram-negative peritonitis. Prior peritonitis episodes were also associated with lower odds of a cure.
AHRQ-funded; HS025756.
Citation: Al Sahlawi M, Zhao J, McCullough K .
Variation in peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis outcomes in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS).
Am J Kidney Dis 2022 Jan;79(1):45-55.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.03.022..
Keywords: Dialysis, Kidney Disease and Health