Title |
Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on peritoneal dialysis in adults and children
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Published in |
BMC Nephrology, November 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s12882-017-0687-2 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Graham Woodrow, Stanley L. Fan, Christopher Reid, Jeannette Denning, Andrew Neil Pyrah |
Abstract |
These guidelines cover all aspects of the care of patients who are treated with peritoneal dialysis. This includes equipment and resources, preparation for peritoneal dialysis, and adequacy of dialysis (both in terms of removing waste products and fluid), preventing and treating infections. There is also a section on diagnosis and treatment of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, a rare but serious complication of peritoneal dialysis where fibrotic (scar) tissue forms around the intestine. The guidelines include recommendations for infants and children, for whom peritoneal dialysis is recommended over haemodialysis.Immediately after the introduction there is a statement of all the recommendations. These recommendations are written in a language that we think should be understandable by many patients, relatives, carers and other interested people. Consequently we have not reworded or restated them in this lay summary. They are graded 1 or 2 depending on the strength of the recommendation by the authors, and A-D depending on the quality of the evidence that the recommendation is based on. |
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Mexico | 2 | 20% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
Spain | 1 | 10% |
Colombia | 1 | 10% |
Canada | 1 | 10% |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 10% |
Bangladesh | 1 | 10% |
Unknown | 2 | 20% |
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Members of the public | 9 | 90% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
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Unknown | 161 | 100% |
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Student > Bachelor | 19 | 12% |
Student > Master | 16 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 7% |
Other | 11 | 7% |
Researcher | 10 | 6% |
Other | 26 | 16% |
Unknown | 67 | 42% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 31% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 14% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 3% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 2% |
Computer Science | 2 | 1% |
Other | 9 | 6% |
Unknown | 69 | 43% |