How should we analyze and present mortality in our patients?: A multicentre GCDP experience.

Introduction: There are different strategies to analyse mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) with different definitions for case, event, time at risk, and statistical tests. A common method for the different registries would enable proper comparison to better understand the actual differences in mortality of our patients.

Methods: We review and describe the analysis strategies of regional, national and international registries.

Peritoneal Dialysis Can Be an Option for Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: an Observational Study.

Background: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) has been considered a relative contraindication for peritoneal dialysis (PD), although there are few specific studies available.

Methods: A multicenter historical prospective matched-cohort study was conducted to describe the outcome of ADPKD patients who have chosen PD. All ADPKD patients starting PD (n = 106) between January 2003 and December 2010 and a control group (2 consecutive patients without ADPKD) were studied.

[Comorbidity, anemia and response to erythropoiesis stimulating agents in chronic hemodialysis].

Introduction: Patients treated with haemodialysis have a high prevalence of co-morbidity that induces a elevate mortality risk. On the other hand, these patients have anaemia whose treatment is based in erythropoiesis stimulating agents. To date there are not enough studies to determine if co-morbidity alters erythropoietin response and the relationship between co-morbidity, response to treatment of anaemia and resistance to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents.

Epoetin-induced pure red cell aplasia successfully treated with androgens.

Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a severe, non-regenerative form of anaemia, with selective erythroid aplasia of the bone marrow. It appears as a severe complication of treatment for anaemia of end-stage renal insufficiency with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. There is no definite treatment.