title: Clinical Outcomes of Remote Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Single Center in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Chunyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Qunying
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jianxiong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Fengxian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xueqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome