Observational studyJournal of nephrology2022
Influence of peritoneal dialysis catheter type on dislocations and laxative use: a retrospective observational study.
Observational study in Journal of nephrology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Magnetic Resonance Visibility, Artifacts, and Overall Safety of the Self-Locating Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter with a Tungsten Tip.International journal of nephrology · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThere is currently no consensus regarding the optimal type of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter. Although few studies showed that weighted catheters result in lower complication rates and superior long-term outcomes than non-weighted catheters, there are no studies on the use of laxatives linked to catheter malfunction, a patient-related outcome potentially affecting the quality of life. Thus, we compared the burden of acute and chronic laxative use in a cohort of PD patients having either weighted or non-weighted catheters.
methodsWe performed a single-center, retrospective, observational study in two renal units, comparing acute and chronic laxative therapy related to catheter drainage failure in a cohort of 74 PD patient,s divided by peritoneal dialysis catheter type. In addition, we evaluated the number of patients who experienced minor and major dislocations, catheter-related infection rate, hospitalization for catheter malfunctioning, episodes of catheter repositioning, and dropout from PD.
resultsLaxative use was significantly more common among patients in the non-weighted catheter group (acute: 30.3% vs. 9.8%, p = 0.03; chronic: 36.4% vs. 12.2%; p≤0.02). Furthermore, weighted catheters were superior to non-weighted catheters for all the secondary outcomes (dislocations: 12.2% vs. 45.5%; p = 0.001).
conclusionsWeighted self-locating catheters have lower drainage failure, thus reducing the need and burden of acute and chronic laxative use among PD patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.