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- Title
Diferencias en la hospitalización por causas infecciosas entre pacientes con hemodiálisis y diálisis peritoneal.
- Authors
FERNANDO MORENO-PRIETO, DIEGO; OTÁLORA-MONTALVO, LAURA; ALEJANDRO HUÉRFANO-CASTRO, MANUEL; JOSÉ VARGAS-BROCHERO, MARÍA; MAURICIO SANABRIA-ARENAS, RAFAEL
- Abstract
Introduction: approximately 50% of the annual health care expenditure of patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis is related to hospitalizations. Infections represent the second reason for consultation, with a high morbidity and mortality. There are no studies comparing hospitalization time due to infectious causes between the different dialysis options. Objective: to determine the difference in hospitalization time for treatment of infectious diseases in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis, comparing patients on hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis. Materials and methods: a retrospective, dynamic cohort study of patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis who were admitted to the emergency department at the Hospital Universitario Mayor due to infectious diseases. The study patients were included using nonprobabilistic methods. The sample size was calculated by comparison of means. A total of 172 hemodialysis patients and 85 peritoneal dialysis patients were included for statistical analysis. Results: hospitalization time is greater in patients on hemodialysis than in patients on peritoneal dialysis; 12 (IQR 8-21) vs. 10 (IQR 6.5-13) days, respectively, p= 0.004. Conclusions: hospitalization time due to infectious causes is greater in patients on hemodialysis than in patients on peritoneal dialysis. In addition, the incidence of treatment-related infections in our population is lower than the globally reported incidence.
- Publication
Acta Medica Colombiana, 2020, Vol 45, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0120-2448
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36104/amc.2020.1222