Peritonitis Rate in Children on Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Impact on Survival

Abstract

Volume 6 -Issue 2 population, and the number of children receiving RRT was 5 children/ million population [6]. RRT needs to be started in children when the GFR drops below 30ml/min/1.73 m 2 , i.e., at stage 4 or 5 [7].RRT includes renal transplantation, hemodialysis (HD), and PD. Although renal transplantation is the most commonly used modality, peritoneal dialysis is effective and it is a suitablwe option for achieving proper metabolic and nutritional control [8][9][10]. In recent years, 70% of the pediatric patients in the United States has been treated with PD, and approximately 60% in Europe and 93% in Japan [11].There are two types of chronic PD modalities: Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) [12,13].Peritoneal dialysis in pediatric patients can lead to infectious complications, such as peritonitis. This type of infection can have a pronounced impact on the long-term prognosis as a result of a reduction in the lifetime of the peritoneal membrane [14,15].