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Clinical Outcomes of Remote Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Single Center in China

Background/Aims: To investigate clinical outcomes of remote peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in Southern China. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, incident remote PD patients managed with a comprehensive follow-up program in our PD center were included and clinical outcomes were estimated. Results: One thousand and five remote PD patients with mean age 46.1 ± 14.6 years, of which 38.1% were women, were followed-up for a median of 35.7 months. Patient survival rates were 95.4, 84.7 and 71.8% and death-censored technique survival rates were 98.6, 92.3 and 83.4% at 1, 3 and 5 years, respectively. Peritonitis rate was 0.16 episodes per patient-year. Advanced age, diabetes mellitus, shorter peritonitis-free survival time, poor compliance for regular visiting nephrologists and lower hemoglobin predicted all-cause mortality of remote PD patients. Conclusion: The remote PD patients in Southern China managed with comprehensive follow-up program had favorable clinical outcomes, which indicated that home-based PD therapy could be an appropriate treatment option for remote end-stage kidney disease patients.