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Abstract
Peritoneal dialysis is a method of renal replacement therapy. As PD is simple, convenient, relatively low coast and could be done at home, its usage greatly increased worldwide. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is the main type of PD in Egypt
Among dialysis patients, most common problems are related to bone mineral disease, anemia, nutritional issues, adequacy of dialysis and affection on quality of life.
Like other chronic diseases, ESRD patients tend to have more impairment HRQOL as ESRD adversely affects patients’ financial, social and psychological wellbeing.
The aim of this work is to study the clinical and laboratory characteristics and associated comorbidities (complications) of Egyptian patients on CAPD in two centers.
To bring about this target, this study was performed on 21 patients on CAPD in two centers in Mansoura and Damanhour. Patients were subjected to full medical examination, laboratory investigations, assessment of dialysis adequacy and Kt/V calculation. Also, patients were assessed regarding dialysis complications including catheter related complications. Assessment of HRQOL using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was done.
All studied patients were shifted from HD to PD due to failure of having vascular access. Patients with hepatitis C were 28.6% and none had hepatitis B infection. Main cause of ESRD was hypertension followed by diabetes.
The most obvious problems in the studied patients was related to catheter problems in the form of infection and obstruction besides nutritional problems as indicated by hypoalbuminemia.
It is recognized that patients with ESRD have to cope with many adversities eg. Physical symptoms, dietary regimes regardless of the treatment modality.