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Peritonitis prevention strategies in PD

The updated ISPD Peritonitis Recommendations include peritonitis prevention strategies related to1:  

  • Catheter placement
  • Connection methods
  • PD patient training

ISPD Peritonitis Recommendations: 2022 Update on Prevention and Treatment

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PD Peritonitis rates are decreasing over time2,3

  • A total of registries from 33 countries were analyzed2
  • PD peritonitis rates are decreasing steadily over time, from 0.600 episodes per patient-year in 1992 to 0.303 in 20192
Graph showing Annual Mean PD-Related Peritonitis Rates

USRDS data from 2023 shows a steady decline in peritonitis hospitalization rates over the last decade3

Graph showing Adjusted peritonitis hospitalization rates in adult ESKD patients, 2011-2021

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References

  1. Li, et al. ISPD Peritonitis Recommendations: 2016 Update on Prevention and Treatment. Perit Dial Int. 2016;36(5):481-508.

  2. Marshall MR, et al. A systematic review of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis rates over time from national or regional population-based registries and databases. Perit Dial Int. 2022;42(1):39-47

  3. United States Renal Data System. 2023 USRDS Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States: End Stage Renal Disease: Chapter 5. Hospitalization. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.