Overview of Peritoneal Dialysis in Latin America (original) (raw)

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN LATIN AMERICA CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND DIALYSIS IN MEXICO

The increasing rates in incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are important challenges for health systems around the world, and are even more significant for undeveloped countries. In Mexico the prevalence of CKD seems to be similar to that in highly developed nations, with diabetes as the leading cause of CKD; however, human and economic resources seem to be insufficient for treatment needs. This is reflected in the unacceptably high mortality rates and in noncompliance with established standards and guidelines. Several measures need to be taken to improve this picture, such as more efficient programs for the prevention of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Organizing a national registry of patients with CKD is now a pressing need, as is a continuous search for additional funding and budgets to increase the number of qualified nephrologists and specialized nurses and to continue the much-needed research on CKD.

Peritoneal dialysis in Brazil: twenty-five years of experience in a single center

Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis

To evaluate patient and technique survival and to provide an analysis of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis in 25 years of experience in a single center. Retrospective study of incident patients on PD from July 1980 to July 2005. Single, university based, Brazilian dialysis program. 680 patients were analyzed in our study from July 1980 to July 2005, with a cumulative experience of 15 303 patient-months. All patients over 15 years of age entering the dialysis program were included in the study. Patients with less than 30 days of follow-up were excluded. Biochemical and demographic variables, peritonitis episodes, and patient and technique survival were analyzed. Mean age at start of PD was 53 +/- 16 years; diabetic nephropathy was the main cause of chronic kidney disease. Cardiovascular disease was the main cause of death (44%); peritonitis was responsible for 16% of fatal events. The predictors of death in our study were diabetes [relative risk (RR) 1.23, p < 0.01], ad...

Use of Home Peritoneal Dialysis by Cuba’s Nephrology Institute, 2007–2012

MEDICC Review, 2015

INTRODUCTION Peritoneal dialysis is a maintenance therapy option for patients with end-stage renal disease. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in Cuba was introduced in December 2007, and automated peritoneal dialysis one year later. This paper presents the outcomes attained with this blood purifi cation technique, enabling an assessment to decide on scaling up its use in Cuba. OBJECTIVE Describe the clinical course of patients in the fi rst fi ve years of the Home Peritoneal Dialysis Program at Havana's Nephrology Institute. METHODS An observational, descriptive study with a retrospective cohort was conducted. The universe comprised the 40 Nephrology Institute patients who underwent treatment with home peritoneal dialysis from December 20, 2007 to December 20, 2012. Relative and absolute frequencies were calculated for the study variables and the Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival curves for patients and for the peritoneum as dialysis membrane. RESULTS Of the 40 patients in the program, 23 were men and 17 were women, primarily aged 40 to 59 years. The most frequent causes of chronic kidney failure were hypertension (42.5%), glomerulopathies (22.5%), and diabetes mellitus (22.5%). A total of 103 complications occurred, both infectious (68, 66%) and noninfectious (35, 34%). The most common infectious complication was peritonitis (45, 66.2%); the most frequent non-infectious complication was catheter displacement (13, 37.1%). Seven patients left the peritoneal dialysis program. Of these, three died, two lost function of the peritoneum as a dialysis membrane, one received a kidney transplant and one recovered kidney function. Survival was 100% at one year, 97% at 2 years, 93.2% at 3 and 4 years, and 92% at 5 years. However, the peritoneal membrane was functional in 100% of patients during the fi rst 2 years, decreasing to 96% at 3 and 4 years and to 88.6% at 5 years. CONCLUSIONS In our setting, peritoneal dialysis attained outcomes similar to those obtained internationally, which supports its usefulness as a renal replacement therapy method in Cuban patients with endstage renal disease.

Peritoneal dialysis in developing countries

Contributions to nephrology, 2009

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is acknowledged worldwide as a well-accepted form of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Ideally, PD should be the preferred modality of RRT for ESRD in developing countries due to its many inherent advantages. Some of these are cost savings (especially if PD fluids are manufactured locally or in a neighboring country), superior rehabilitation and quality of life (QOL), home-based therapy even in rural settings, avoidance of hospital based treatment and the need for expensive machinery, and freedom from serious infections (hepatitis B and C). However, this is not the ground reality, due to certain preconceived notions of the health care givers and governmental agencies in these countries. With an inexplicable stagnation or decline of PD numbers in the developed world, the future of PD will depend on its popularization in Latin America and in Asia especially countries such as China and India, with a combined population of 2.5 b...

The Latin American Dialysis and Transplant Registry: report 2006

Ethnicity & disease, 2009

The Latin American Dialysis and Transplant Registry collects information on end-stage renal disease and its treatment in 20 countries of the region. By December 2005, a total of 257,974 patients were on renal replacement therapy, for a prevalence of 478.2 cases per million population; 57% were on hemodialysis, 23% on peritoneal dialysis, and 20% had a functioning kidney graft. The prevalence on renal replacement therapy continued to grow at a rate of approximately 6% annually. Hemodialysis continued to be the treatment of choice in the region, except for in Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala, where peritoneal dialysis predominated. Diabetes remained the leading cause of end-stage renal disease, and the highest incidences were reported in Puerto Rico (65%), Mexico (51%), Venezuela (42%), and Colombia (35%). Forty-four percent of incident patients were aged > 65 years. The rate of transplantation remained unchanged at 15 per million population, wh...

Reports from Around the Globe the Latin American Dialysis and Transplant Registry: Report 2006

2015

Registry collects information on end-stage renal disease and its treatment in 20 countries of the region. By December 2005, a total of 257,974 patients were on renal replacement therapy, for a prevalence of 478.2 cases per million population; 57 % were on hemodialy-sis, 23 % on peritoneal dialysis, and 20 % had a functioning kidney graft. The prevalence on renal replacement therapy continued to grow at a rate of <6 % annually. Hemodialysis continued to be the treatment of choice in the region, except for in Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, and Gua-temala, where peritoneal dialysis predominat-ed. Diabetes remained the leading cause of end-stage renal disease, and the highest incidences were reported in Puerto Rico (65%), Mexico (51%), Venezuela (42%), and Colombia (35%). Forty-four percent of incident patients were aged.65 years. The rate of transplantation remained unchanged at 15 per million population, which is not sufficient to satisfy the demand of the ...