Is female sex really a risk factor for infectious death in peritoneal dialysis?

摘要

Infection is a major cause of morbidity and technique failurein peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients (l).Itis also an important cause of mortality (1,2). Compared with hemodialysis (HD), PD is associated with a significantly increased risk of infectious death, primarily because of an increased risk of death from peritonitis (3).