Immediate-start peritoneal dialysis without break-in-period: an 18-year retrospective cohort study on patient survival.

BACKGROUND

Immediate-start peritoneal dialysis (ISPD) is an effective renal replacement therapy that can prevent central venous catheterization due to its immediate initiation of peritoneal dialysis (PD) after catheter insertion without a break-in period. This study aimed to investigate the effect of ISPD on long-term patient survival.

METHODS

In this retrospective single-center cohort study, 178 consecutive patients who started PD from August 2005 to March 2023 were enrolled, from whom 144 patients with ISPD were analyzed. PD was initiated without a break-in period within 24 hours of catheter insertion using percutaneous needle-guidewire technique. The primary outcome was patient survival, estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. A Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to identify factors independently associated with patient survival.

RESULTS

The median follow-up period was 4.00 years (interquartile range, 1.23-5.75 years). The mean age of patients was 61.6 ± 13.6 years; 58 patients (40.3%) were male and 93 patients (64.6%) were diabetic. Overall patient survival rates at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years were 98.5%, 93.5%, 92.1%, and 65.6%, respectively. The technique survival rates at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years were 88.1%, 74.9%, 63.2%, and 40.2%, respectively. The peritonitis-free survival rates at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years were 92.3%, 76.0%, 59.4%, and 28.0%, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, diabetes was the only factor associated with patient survival and technique survival.

CONCLUSION

Our study demonstrated that patient survival and technique survival rates were relatively high in ISPD patients who were catheterized using percutaneous needle-guidewire technique.