Assessing mechanical catheter dysfunction in automated tidal peritoneal dialysis using cycler software: a case control, proof-of-concept study.

ABSTRACT: New recommendations on evaluation of peritoneal membrane function suggest ruling out catheter dysfunction when evaluating patients with low ultrafiltration capacity. We introduce the use of a combination of parameters obtained from the cycler software PD Link with HomeChoicePro (Baxter International Inc., Illinois, United States) cyclers for predicting catheter dysfunction in automated peritoneal dialysis patients (APD). Out of 117 patients treated at the Medical University of Vienna between 2015 and 2021, we retrospectively identified all patients with verified catheter dysfunction (n = 14) and compared them to controls without clinical evidence of mechanical catheter problems and a recent X-ray confirming PD catheter tip in the rectovesical/rectouterine space (n = 19). All patients had a

SUBMITTER: Oviedo Flores K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8983779 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature