Serum albumin and mortality in patients with HIV and end-stage renal failure on peritoneal dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an easily implementable dialysis modality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). PD may improve access to renal replacement therapy in low- and middle-income countries; however, these countries have a higher prevalence of protein-energy wasting in patients and poorer socioeconomic conditions. We evaluated the effects of HIV infection on serum albumin levels in ESRD patients starting continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and mortality outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a single-center prospective cohort study of consecutive incident CAPD patients recruited from two hospitals in Durban, South Africa, from September 2012 to February 2015. Seventy HIV-negative and 70 HIV-positive ESRD patients were followed monthly for serum albumin levels and mortality

SUBMITTER: Ndlovu KCZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557525 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature