Peritoneal dialysis in the Arabian Gulf countries: Challenges and opportunities.
| Autor: | Al Sahlawi M; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia., AlRukhaimi M; Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Al-Ghamdi SM; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia., Al Salmi I; Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman., Al-Aradi AH; Department of Nephrology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain., Hamad A; Division of Nephrology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar., AlSahow A; Division of Nephrology, Jahra Hospital, Jahra, Kuwait. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis [Perit Dial Int] 2024 May; Vol. 44 (3), pp. 171-176. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 16. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/08968608231204107 |
| Abstrakt: | The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional organisation, consisting of six Arab countries that share common objectives and cultural identities, with a total population of 57.3 million. The prevalence of patients requiring dialysis in GCC countries is increasing, with a current mean prevalence of 551 per million population. Despite the several patient-level and healthcare system benefits of peritoneal dialysis (PD) compared to in-centre haemodialysis, the growth in PD utilisation has been limited. This is related to several factors, including deficiencies in modality education for chronic kidney disease patients, nephrology training and governmental policies advocating for this dialysis modality. Establishing a detailed PD registry in GCC countries is an important step towards understanding our patients' characteristics, outcomes, current PD practices and challenges in order to increase the use of PD and to facilitate future initiatives aimed at optimising the management of PD patients in this part of the world. This article reviews common challenges around PD practices and utilisation in GCC countries and provides possible solutions to overcome these challenges. It should be noted that the literature on PD patients, outcomes and treatment practices in GCC countries is limited, and as a result, many of our recommendations and discussion are based on clinical observations, experience and data when available. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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