Improving self-dependency in Pakistan: Experience of a locally prepared automated PD machine.

Autor:	Qayyum A; Department of Nephrology, Bahria Town International Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan., Sabir O; Department of Nephrology, Fatima Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan., Riaz MM; Department of Nephrology, Ali Fatima Hospital, Abu Umara College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan., Azfar A; Department of Nephrology, Fatima Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan., Basit MB; Department of Nephrology, Fatima Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis [Perit Dial Int] 2024 Jul; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 287-291. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 11.
DOI:	10.1177/08968608241248222
Abstrakt:	The increasing burden of haemodialysis on healthcare systems merits efforts to make peritoneal dialysis (PD) more accessible to the population in need of kidney replacement therapy. Automated PD (APD) may be a suitable alternative to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for home dialysis especially for children, elderly and patients who lead a busy schedule in their jobs thus leaving more time for personal and family activities during the day. Recently, a local bioengineering company took the initiative to develop a locally manufactured, low-cost APD cycler in Pakistan, with an aim to improve the self-dependency and home-based kidney replacement therapy. We herein present our first experience of APD on this locally manufactured APD cycler. It was an investigator-led study on the utility of a locally manufactured APD cycler and the safety and efficacy of the standard operating procedures developed and adopted by the study authors. A total of eight patients agreed to participate in this study extending from September 2021 to August 2022. There were four male and four female patients, and the mean age was 52.5 + 19.71 years. The locally manufactured cycler provided more than 1600 h of APD sessions. The APD sessions were well tolerated with only a few instances of minor mechanical and software issues that did not require termination of therapy. There were no episodes of peritonitis; however, one of the patients had an episode of exit site and tunnel infection that did not seem to be related to the procedure. Our experience with locally manufactured APD cycler was successful and without major adverse events. We believe the locally produced APD cycler is a viable cost-effective option for patients requiring PD and may herald a new era of self-dependency for patients considering or undergoing PD in Pakistan. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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