A multicenter study of noncompliance with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis exchanges in US and Canadian patients

Impact of Age on Peritonitis Risk in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

“…Unfortunately, we do not have data on S. aureus nasal carriage, which has been linked to subsequent catheter infection and peritonitis (25)(26)(27). It is known that older patients are more compliant with some aspects of their PD (28), and it is plausible that they may also be more compliant with application of topical intranasal or exit-site ointments as prophylaxis against S. aureus infection.…”

Key Factors for a High-Quality Peritoneal Dialysis Program — the Role of the PD Team and Continuous Quality Improvement

“…In addition to saving costs and time, the lower dose might theoretically imply a reduced risk of dialysis-related complications including hyperglycemia, obesity, peritonitis, and even encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (36). In addition, compliance with treatment may be enhanced, as it has been reported that there were significant differences in compliance with different CAPD regimens, with regimens above four exchanges per day found to be an independent predictor for non-compliance (37). We recently investigated the impact of the dose of PD on RRF in incident CAPD patients in a randomized controlled trial.…”

Peritoneal Dialysis in Children

“…Several methods to assess patient adherence to PD prescription have been proposed: home visits to check local preconditions, dialysis solution supply inventories, and PD performance [88]; patient self-report confidential questionnaires [28]; or the comparison of self-reports of adherence with the rate of predicted versus measured Kt/V urea and CrCl [5]. However, none of these methods provides a complete assessment of nonadherence in patients on home PD.…”