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ArticleClinical kidney journal2022

Excessive risk and poor outcome of hospital-acquired peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis.

Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Jack Kit-Chung Ng, Winston Wing-Shing Fung, Gordon Chun-Kau Chan, Phyllis Mei-Shan Cheng, Man-Ching Law, Wing-Fai Pang, Philip Kam-Tao Li, Chi-Bon Leung, Kai-Ming Chow

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Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. How I Treat a Hospitalized Patient Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025
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Cheuk-Chun SzetoCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Jack Kit-Chung NgCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-9611
Winston Wing-Shing FungCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7676-7628
Gordon Chun-Kau ChanCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Phyllis Mei-Shan ChengCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Man-Ching LawCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Wing-Fai PangCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Philip Kam-Tao LiCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Chi-Bon LeungCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Kai-Ming ChowCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Departments of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a home-based renal replacement therapy. Since hospital staff are not often familiar with PD and its complications, PD patients may have an excess risk of developing PD-related peritonitis during hospital admission for unrelated reasons, and the outcome may be affected. Methods: We reviewed 371 episodes of hospital-acquired PD peritonitis in our center from 2000 to 2019. Their clinical characteristics and outcomes were compared with 825 episodes that required hospital admission and 1964 episodes that were treated as outpatient. Results: Hospitalized PD patients had a significantly higher risk of developing peritonitis than outpatients [incident rate ratio 4.41 (95% confidence interval 3.95-4.91]. Hospital-acquired peritonitis episodes were more commonly culture negative. Bacterial isolates from the hospital-acquired episodes were more likely resistant to ceftazidime ( Conclusion: PD patients admitted to the hospital had a 4-fold increase in the risk of developing peritonitis. Hospital-acquired peritonitis episodes were more likely culture negative and resistant to antibiotics. They also had a lower primary response rate, a lower complete cure rate and higher mortality than episodes that developed outside the hospital.

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antibioticsinfectionrenal failure

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PMID36325003
PMCPMC9613437

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