ARE ISPD GUIDELINES ON PERITONITIS DIAGNOSIS TOO NARROW? A 15-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE SINGLE-CENTER COHORT STUDY ON PD-ASSOCIATED PERITONITIS ACCOUNTING FOR UNTRAINED PATIENTS

摘要

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis remains by far the most important complication requiring patients to transfer to hemodialysis and has a major impact on patient morbidity and mortality. Current International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) guidelines on peritonitis recommend analysis of peritonitis episodes only in trained patients. In a large tertiary care center, we analyzed peritonitis episodes accounting for different groups of untrained patients and compared these with episodes in the trained patient population.