Zhikai Yang|Rong Xu|Min Zhuo|Jie Dong
Advanced Nursing Experience is Beneficial for Lowering the Peritonitis Rate in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis
Peking University First Hospital|Peking University|Peking University First Hospital|Peking University|Peking University First Hospital|Peking University|Peking University First Hospital|Peking University
objectives explored relationship experience level nurses peritonitis risk peritoneal dialysis pd patients methods observational cohort study followed 305 incident pd patients first episode peritonitis death censoring patients divided 3 groups according work experience general medicine nursesthat least experience lt10 years moderate experience 10 lt15 years advanced experience 15 years demographic characteristics baseline biochemistry residual renal function also recorded multivariate cox regression used analyze association risks allcause grampositive peritonitis patient training provided nurses different experience levels results 305 patients 91 trained initiation pd nurses advanced experience 100 nurses moderate experience 114 nurses least experience demographic clinical variables vary significantly groups 13 582 patientmonths followup 129 first episodes peritonitis observed 48 episodes attributed grampositive organisms kaplanmeier analysis showed training nurses advanced experience predicted longest period free firstepisode grampositive peritonitis adjustment recognized confounders advanced experience group still associated lowest risk firstepisode grampositive peritonitis level nursing experience significantly correlated allcause peritonitis risk conclusions experience general medicine nurses might help lower risk grampositive peritonitis among pd patients data first indicate nursing experience areas pd practice vital training pd patients