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A Retrograde Implantation Approach for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement in Mice
Published on: July 20, 2022
["Quality" Peritoneal Dialysis]
Antonino Previti1, Giorgio Laudadio2, Paolo Luca Lentini2
1UOS Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Alto Vicentino, Santorso, AULSS7 Pedemontana, Italia.
Insights
Evaluating peritoneal dialysis (PD) programs requires more than clinical outcomes. Centers with few patients should maintain expertise or collaborate to ensure organizational efficiency in PD care.
Area of Science:
- Nephrology
- Renal Medicine
- Dialysis Program Management
Background:
- Peritoneal dialysis (PD) programs are evaluated using clinical outcome indicators.
- International guidelines focus on catheter implantation, infections, peritonitis, and purification adequacy.
- Current metrics do not assess the organizational efficiency of PD programs.
Abstract:
Evaluation of a peritoneal dialysis (PD) program in a nephrology center involve qualitative and quantitative indicators on clinical outcomes. International guidelines recommend monitoring outcomes of peritoneal catheter implantation, catheter-related infections, peritonitis and purification adequacy. However, none of these parameters can determine the organizational efficiency of a peritoneal dialysis (PD) program. It is desirable that centers with PD programs serving ≤14 patients, once capable of performing the peritoneal equilibration test, either safeguard their expertise or establish collaborations with nephrology units that have well-established PD programs.
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