Benedicta Yudianto, Allison Jaure, Jenny Shen, Yeoungjee Cho, Edwina Brown, Jie Dong, Tony Dunning, Rajnish Mehrotra, Saraladevi Naicker, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Jeffrey Perl, Angela Yee-Moon Wang, Martin Wilkie, Chandana Guha, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Jonathan Craig, David Johnson, Karine Manera
OBJECTIVES: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) allows patients increased autonomy and flexibility; however, both infectious and non-infectious complications may lead to technique failure, which shortens treatment longevity. Maintaining patients on PD remains a major challenge for nephrologists. This study aims to describe nephrologists' perspectives on technique survival in PD. DESIGN: Qualitative semistructured interview study. Transcripts were thematically analysed. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 30 nephrologists across 11 countries including Australia, the USA, the UK, Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, Colombia and Uruguay were interviewed from April 2017 to November 2019...
March 11, 2024: BMJ Open