TY  - JOUR
TI  - COVID-19 Infection in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: 
A Comparative Outcome Study with Patients on 
Hemodialysis and Patients without Kidney Disease
AB  - Objectives: There is limited data about coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) characteristics and results in peritoneal dialysis 
(PD) patients. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics and outcomes among PD patients and compare them with 
matched hemodialysis (HD) patients and a control group without kidney disease.
Methods: We included 18 PD patients and consecutive age- and gender-matched 18 HD and 18 patients without kidney 
disease (control group) registered into the Turkish Society of Nephrology database including 1301 COVID-19 patients. We 
compared demographic, clinical, radiological, laboratory data, and outcomes namely intensive care unit (ICU) admission, 
mechanical ventilation, mortality, and composite outcome (death and/or ICU admission).
Results: ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and mortality rates in PD patients (27.8%, 22.2%, and 22.2%, respectively) 
and the HD group (16.7%, 11.1%, and 16.7%, respectively) were higher than the control group (11.1%, 11.1%, and 5.6%, 
respectively), but intergroup comparison did not reveal difference. A total of 11 (20.3%) patients had composite outcome 
(6 PD patients, 3 HD patients, and 2 patients in the control group). In Cox regression analysis, higher age and higher CRP level were related to increased risk of composite outcome. Adjusted rate of composite outcome in PD group was significantly higher than 
the control group (P = .050). This rate was similar in HD and control groups (P = .30).
Conclusions: Combined in-hospital mortality and/or ICU admission of PD patients with COVID-19 was significantly higher than the control 
patients. There is a need for careful surveillance of PD patients for infection signs and prompt treatment of COVID-19.
AU  - Sezer, Siren
AU  - Kazancıoğlu, Rümeyza
AU  - YILDIZ, ALAATTIN
AU  - gökçay bek, sibel
AU  - Aylı, Mehmet Deniz
AU  - Ozturk, Savas
AU  - şengül, erkan
AU  - Odabas, Ali Riza
AU  - ARICI, Mustafa
AU  - Yazici, Halil
AU  - Altiparmak, Mehmet Riza
AU  - ÖĞÜTMEN, MELİKE BETÜL
AU  - Onan, Engin
AU  - Ates, Kenan
AU  - Ahbap, Elbis
AU  - Gursu, Meltem
AU  - turgutalp, kenan
AU  - Ayar, Yavuz
AU  - Asicioglu, Ebru
AU  - gibyeli genek, dilek
AU  - Tonbul, Halil Zeki
AU  - Oruc, Aysegul
AU  - Karadag, Serhat
AU  - Tokgoz, Bulent
DO  - 10.5152/turkjnephrol.2021.21045
PY  - 2022
JO  - Turkish journal of nephrology (Online)
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
SN  - 2667-4440
SP  - 33
EP  - 42
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/532725
ER  -