As the global burden of chronic kidney disease continues to increase, so does the need for a
cost-effective renal replacement therapy. In many countries, patient outcomes with …

Technical innovations in peritoneal dialysis (PD), now used widely for the long-term
treatment of ESRD, have significantly reduced therapy-related complications, allowing …

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter-related infections are a major predisposing factor to PD-
related peritonitis (1–3). The primary objective of preventing and treating catheterrelated …

Peritoneal infections still represent a most feared complication of chronic peritoneal dialysis,
due to their high incidence and relevant clinical consequences, including direct mortality …

Approximately 10 years have passed since the Peritoneal Dialysis Guidelines were
formulated in 2009. Much evidence has been reported during the succeeding years, which …

Aims To investigate practice patterns in exitsite care and identify the risk factors for exitsite
infection. Design A quantitative crosssectional design. Methods Data were collected in 12 …

This paper updates a previous 'Call to Action'paper (Nephrology 2011; 16: 19–29) that
reviewed key outcome data for Australian and New Zealand peritoneal dialysis patients and …

Background Peritonitis represents a major factor limiting the uptake and retention of patients
on peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Australia and New Zealand. Until recently, peritonitis was an …

Introduction Our objective was to assess whether clusters of centers with similar peritoneal
dialysis (PD) catheter related practices were associated with differences in the risk of …

Background. This study investigated the centre effect on the risk of peritonitis in peritoneal
dialysis (PD) patients. Methods. This was a retrospective cohort study based on data from …