Introduction: Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (PD) in patients with newly diagnosed end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a well-tolerated alternative to hemodialysis (HD). The primary aim of this study was to identify the demographic and clinical characteristics of ESRD patients, as well as the presurgical, surgical, and postsurgical factors associated with urgent-start PD complications. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional observational study was performed on 102 patients with ESRD who merited urgent-start PD from January 2015 to June 2019. The primary clinical outcome measures were catheter leakage, dysfunction, and peritonitis, whereas the secondary outcomes were catheter removal, repositioning, and death. Statistical inferences were made with the c 2 or Fisher's exact test and independent samples t tests. Results: One hundred two subjects (65 men, 63.7%) 56.2 AE 15.1 years old were included in this study; 64 of the subjects had diabetes and hypertension (62.7%). Catheter leakage occurred in 8 patients (7.8%), catheter dysfunction in 27 patients (26.5%), and peritonitis in 14 patients (13.7%); meanwhile, catheter removal occurred in 6 patients (5.9%), catheter repositioning in 21 patients (20.6%), and death in 3 patients (2.9%).

La lesión renal aguda se produce en el 4-23% de los casos en pacientes con coronavirus 2 del síndrome respiratorio agudo grave (SARS-CoV-2). La gravedad de la pandemia ha provocado una escasez significativa de suministros médicos, entre ellos la hemodiálisis, sin embargo, el manejo de diálisis peritoneal en esta entidad por enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 no ha recibido mucha atención, pudiendo ser una solución práctica para los pacientes con lesión renal aguda y enfermedad renal crónica en etapa terminal. Este artículo describimos nuestra experiencia con la implementación de diálisis peritoneal urgente para lesión renal aguda en pacientes con