MEI’s MATCH-D Most-referenced Screening Tool for Home Therapies Screening

In a meta-analysis of 23 peer-reviewed studies of home dialysis adult screening criteria, the MATCH-D was the most-referenced tool.

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Tags: Dialysis Modality, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Home Dialysis, MATCH D

Startling Proportion of Patients Chose PD or Home HD After a Dialysis Start Unit

The University Health Network of Toronto examined the uptake of home dialysis between 2013 and 2021 among patients who started in a “Dialysis Start Unit” (equivalent to a transitional care unit in the U.S.). Of 122 patients, 68 (55.7%) chose either PD (57; 46.7%) or home HD (11; 9%).

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Tags: Home Hemodialysis, HHD, Peritoneal Dialysis, PD, Dialysis Start Unit

The Impact of Comprehensive Nursing Interventions on PD Catheter Insertion Pain

Among 60 patients having a PD catheter implanted from January 2021 to 2023, a randomly-selected experimental group was given comprehensive nursing interventions—which significantly reduced anxiety and depression, and significantly improved satisfaction and scores on the visual analogue scale compared to controls receiving usual care.

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Tags: Comprehensive Nursing Interventions, Wound Pain, Catheter Insertion, Peritoneal Dialysis

Meta-analysis of Urgent Start vs. Conventional Start PD

Analysis of data from 27 studies found comparable post-procedure infections, peritonitis, and exit site infections, technique survival, and transfer to HD for urgent and conventional start PD. Urgent start PD had a signficantly higher risk of mechanical complications such as leaks, and significantly higher mortality rates.

Read the abstract » | (added 2024-03-15)

Tags: Chronic Kidney Disease, Meta analysis, Peritoneal Dialysis

Impact of the START Project on PD in Canada

In Alberta, Canada, the Starting dialysis on Time, at home, on the Right Therapy (START) project enrolled 1,962 consecutive adult ESKD patients who started dialysis between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2018 with the aim of increasing the proportion of patients who do PD within 6 months of dialysis start. At baseline, 27% of incident patients tarted PD. Immediately after implementation, there was a 5.4% increase in the use of PD. No changes were found in rates of hospitalization, death, or probability of switching to HD.

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Tags: Haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Quality Improvement

Impact of Prior Abdominal Procedures on Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Outcomes: Findings From the North American Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Registry

A history of prior abdominal procedures may influence the likelihood of referral for peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion. To guide clinical decision making in this population, this study examined the association between prior abdominal procedures and outcomes in patients undergoing PD catheter insertion.

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Tags: Dialysis, PD, PD Catheter Outcomes, End Stage Kidney Disease, Peritoneal Dialysis, Prior Abdominal Surgery

The PD Surprise Question Predicts Transfer to HD

An observational study of 1,275 PD patients in 35 programs asking the RN and treating nephrologist, “Would you be surprised if this patient transferred to HD in the next 6 months?” identified 15% as high risk. After 6 months, the transfer to HD rate was nearly four times higher in the high risk group than the low risk group.

Read the abstract » | (added 2023-12-15)

Tags: PD, Home Dialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Surprise Question

Paradoxical Finding in PD Peritonitis

The common wisdom is that larger patients are at greater risk for PD-associated peritonitis (PDAP). But, a new single-center study of 483 peritonitis episodes in 285 patients suggests that the opposite may be true. A lower value of body surface area was an independent risk factor for peritonitis episodes. (p=0.015).

Read the abstract » | (added 2023-07-17)

Tags: Body Surface Area, PDAP, Metabolism, Nutrition, PD, Peritoneal Dialysis, Peritonitis

A Home First Policy Helps Drive Home Therapy Choice

In the multinational Peridialysis study, of 1,587 people starting dialysis, 32.5% were judged “unsuitable” for a home treatment due to contraindications—or a lack of assessment. Among the suitable 1,071, 65.4% chose PD and 3.6% chose home HD, and the remainder went in-center. Late referral, suboptimal dialysis initiation, acute illness—and no “home dialysis first” policy were factors linked to use of in-center HD.

Read the abstract » | (added 2021-09-14)

Tags: Lack Of Assessment, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Pre dialysis, Uraemia

Feel Low on PD? Could be Vitamin D

In a study of 50 people on PD, those with vitamin D deficiency (< 20ng/mL) did more poorly than those with adequate vitamin D levels on all subscales of the KDQOL-36 survey to measure health-related quality of life. High blood pressure was also a factor in higher kidney disease burden.

Read the abstract » | (added 2021-08-12)

Tags: Serum Vitamin D Levels, Health related Quality Of Life, Peritoneal Dialysis