Outcome and Risk Factors For Mortality in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: 20 Years Experience in a Single Turkish Center

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The aims of this study were to evaluate patient and technique survival rates, investigate peritonitis rates and evaluate factors affecting mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients over a period of 20 years at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Peritoneal Dialysis Unit. METHODS: Two hundred seventy seven patients have received PD as renal replacement therapy (RRT) over a period of 20 years. After exclusion of patients with follow-up shorter than 3 months and patients whose data were not available, 250 patients were examined retrospectively. Data for sex, age, primary disease, comorbidities, follow up duration, cause of death, and cause of technique failure were collected from medical records.