Peritoneal dialysis outcomes in patients with nephrotic syndrome: a propensity score-matched cohort study

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Title: Peritoneal dialysis outcomes in patients with nephrotic syndrome: a propensity score-matched cohort study
Authors: Si-Jia Zhou, Ya-Kun Cong, Qing-Feng Han, Wen Tang, Tao Wang
Source: Renal Failure, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp 684-692 (2020)
Publisher Information: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
Subject Terms: nephrotic syndrome, peritoneal dialysis, end-stage renal disease, outcomes, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923
More Details: Introduction It is unclear whether patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and nephrotic syndrome (NS) can be treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Objectives To investigate the outcomes of PD treatment in ESRD patients with or without NS. Methods In this retrospective cohort study, all incident patients with ESRD and NS who started PD from 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2017, were matched with patients without NS using propensity scores based on age, sex, diabetes mellitus status, and serum albumin. Results Fifty-three patients in the NS PD group and 53 matched controls were included. The median survival of the NS PD group was comparable to that of the non-NS PD group. An interaction effect was observed between survival time and baseline NS status. Thus, patients’ outcomes within and after 1.5 years were analyzed separately. Both mortality (log-rank test, p= .235) and technique failure (log-rank test, p= .543) rates within 1.5 years in patients with NS were comparable to those of the non-NS group. After 1.5 years, however, the NS status at baseline was associated with lower all-cause mortality (p= .020) and lower technique failure (p= .008) rates in PD patients compared with the non-NS group. The multivariable Cox regression analysis showed that compared with the patients in the non-NS PD group, PD patients with NS had both significantly lower all-cause mortality and lower technique failure rate after adjusting for other factors. Conclusions Our study indicates that PD may be considered as a long-term renal replacement therapy for patients with ESRD and baseline NS.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 0886-022X
1525-6049
0886022X
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0886-022X; https://doaj.org/toc/1525-6049
DOI: 10.1080/0886022X.2020.1792316
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6dc41bf9c9e8484cb8bcfd503d22b7d6
Accession Number: edsdoj.6dc41bf9c9e8484cb8bcfd503d22b7d6
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:0886022X
15256049
DOI:10.1080/0886022X.2020.1792316
Published in:Renal Failure
Language:English