Value of Remote Monitoring of PD

A cluster-randomized trial assigned 21 hospitals with automated PD (APD) programs to either do remote monitored (RM-APD; 10 hospitals) or conventional APD (11 hospitals) for 398 adult patients initiating PD. In the conventional APD group, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular deaths, and hospitalizations were significantly higher, as were PD dropouts and adverse events and hospitalizations related to cardiovascular disease, fluid overload, or poor PD adequacy.

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Tags: Automated PD, APD, All cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Deaths, Hospitalizations, Cardiovascular Disease, Fluid Overload, PD Adequacy

Which is Safer: Urgent Start HD or Urgent Start PD?

Analysis of data from 9 studies (941 PD and 779 HD patients) revealed that the risk of all-cause mortality, dialysis-related infections, and mechanical complications were higher in patients who started HD urgently than in those who started PD urgently.

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Tags: PD, HD, All cause Mortality, Dialysis related Infections, Mechanical Complications, Urgent start

Urgent-start PD vs. Urgent-start HD: Meta-analysis

Analysis of data from nine studies looking at all-cause mortality found a rate of 0.173 for urgent-start PD vs. .214 for urgent-start HD. Those who started PD urgently had lower risks of infection-related death, bacteremia, and other complications, though rates of cardiovascular and cancer mortality were similar.

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Tags: All cause Mortality, Urgent start PD, Urgent start HD, Infection related Death, Bacteremia

Rate of Residual Kidney Function Decline and Mortality in PD

When 497 PD patients were divided into two groups based on RRF decline value, those in the fast-decline group had significantly higher rates of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. In fact, each 0.1mL/min/1.73m2 per month drop in RRF in the first year of PD predicted a 19% higher risk of all-cause mortality and a 20% higher risk of cardiovascular mortality.

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Tags: Rate Of Residual Kidney Function Decline, All cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Mortality

Glycated Albumin vs. HbA1c Predicts Mortality in PD Patients with Diabetes

In patients on hemodialysis, glycated albumin (GA) reflects glycemic control and predicts all-cause mortality. A new retrospective, longitudinal observational study looked at GA in PD. Among 44 PD patients with diabetes matched to 88 HD patients with diabetes followed for 3 years, GA was a more precise way to measure glycemic control than hemoglobin A1c.

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Tags: Peritoneal Dialysis, All cause Mortality, Glycaemic Control, Glycated Albumin, Glycated Haemoglobin