Glycemic Variability and Survival in People with Diabetes on PD

A Swedish study divided 325 people with diabetes on PD into seven groups based on glycemic variability. Using the lowest variability group as a reference point, survival was significantly better with less variability in blood sugar.

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Tags: Diabetes, PD, Glycemic Variability, Survival, Blood Sugar

Diabetes and the Risk of Peritonitis on PD

In contrast to earlier reports, a single-center study of PD patients between 1980 and 2012 (by era: 1980-’93, 1994-’04, 2005-12) found that while PD-associated peritonitis was higher among patients with diabetes in the earlier two eras, there were no differences in recent years.

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Tags: PD, Peritonitis, Diabetes

Half of PD patients may develop a new glucose disorder

A metaanalysis of nine studies with a total of 13,879 PD patients found that 8% had new-onset diabetes, 15% developed impaired glucose tolerance, and 32% had newly abnormal fasting blood sugar levels. No differences were found by ethnicity. The authors concluded that PD patients should receive glucose tolerance tests.

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Tags: PD, Diabetes, Glucose Tolerance, Blood Sugar Levels, Glucose Tolerance Test

Urgent Start PD + Diabetes

A retrospective study compared the first 30-day outcomes and survival trends of 80 urgent start dialysis patients, 50 of whom (62.5%) did PD. Compared to those who started standard in-center HD, the dialysis-related complications were significantly lower for those on PD, and PD survival was higher as well. Read the abstract.

Read the abstract » | (added 2018-10-12)

Tags: Diabetes, Survival Trends, Urgent Start Dialysis, PD, In center HD, Dialysis related Complications