The Association Between Glucose Exposure and the Risk of Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.

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Background and objective

Little or no clinical evidence is available on the association between glucose exposure and peritoneal host defense in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The objective of the present study was to quantify the exposure to glucose during the first year on PD and investigate the association with subsequent peritonitis. ♦

Methods

We analyzed prospectively collected demographic and peritonitis data from incident adult PD patients between 1990 and 2010. For the present study, we conducted a review of both in- and outpatient medical records of all patients to obtain their day-to-day dialysis schemes during the first year on PD. From these data, the average exposure to glucose was quantified. The exposure was stratified into low- and high

SUBMITTER: van Diepen AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5033629 | biostudies-literature | 2016 9-10

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature