Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis in Children
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
3-2021
Identifier
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66861-7_16
Abstract
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) remains the most common dialysis modality utilized for the management of children with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) worldwide, particularly among very young children and in low-resource countries (NAPRTCS. NAPRTCS 2011 annual dialysis report, 2011; United States Renal Data System. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2018; Chesnaye et al. Pediatr Nephrol 29(12):2403–2410, 2014; Schaefer et al. Perit Dial Int 32(4):399–409, 2012). PD-related infections, including catheter exit-site and tunnel infections and peritonitis, are a significant complication of this therapy. Peritonitis is also the leading cause for hospitalization and technique failure among children on chronic PD (NAPRTCS. NAPRTCS 2011 annual dialysis report, 2011; United States Renal Data System. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2018; Chesnaye et al., Pediatr Nephrol 29(12):2403–2410, 2014; Schaefer et al., Perit Dial Int 32(4):399–409, 2012). This chapter will review the incidence and microbiology of PD-related infections in children as well as risk factors and preventative strategies, treatment, and outcomes.
Journal Title
Pediatric Dialysis
First Page
265
Last Page
290
Recommended Citation
Neu, A.M., Warady, B.A., Schaefer, F. (2021). Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis in Children. In: Warady, B.A., Alexander, S.R., Schaefer, F. (eds) Pediatric Dialysis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66861-7_16
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