Transfers to Hemodialysis Among US Patients Initiating Renal Replacement Therapy With Peritoneal Dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Identifying patients who are likely to transfer from peritoneal dialysis (PD) to hemodialysis (HD) before transition could improve their subsequent care. This study developed a prediction tool for transition from PD to HD.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

Adults initiating PD between January 2008 and December 2011, followed up through June 2015, for whom data were available in the US Renal Data System (USRDS).

Predictors

Clinical characteristics at PD initiation and peritonitis claims.

Outcomes

Transfer to HD, with the competing outcomes of death and kidney transplantation.

Analytical approach

Outcomes were ascertained from USRDS treatment history files. Subdistribution hazards (competing-risk)

SUBMITTER: McGill RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6815249 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature