Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis rates Waikato: 0.55 Hawke’s Bay: 0.74 The number of PD peritonitis episodes Taranaki: 0.50 for every year of PD treatment per MidCentral: -- patient ranged from 0.26 at the Capital & Coast: 0.40 Southern DHB to 0.74 at the Hawke’s Canterbury: 0.45 Bay DHB (Figure 7.2). The current Southern: 0.26 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis guideline recommends a The PD peritonitis rate appears to be target of below 0.5 episodes per increasing at Northland, Waitemata, patient-year of treatment. and Bay DHBs. The rate appears to be decreasing at Auckland, The number of episodes per patient Counties Manukau, and Southern year of treatment in 2015 (by DHB) DHBs. were (DHBs not reaching ISPD target in bold): Wide variation in PD peritonitis rates at some treating DHBs make Northland: 0.36 interpretation of trends difficult. Waitemata: 0.36 There does not appear to be a Auckland: 0.34 relationship between DHB unit size Starship: 1.50 and trend in PD peritonitis rate. Counties Manukau: 0.55
Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis rates The number of PD peritonitis episodes for every year of PD treatment per patient ranged from 0.26 at the Southern DHB to 0.74 at the Hawke’s Bay DHB (Figure 7.2). The current International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis guideline recommends a target of below 0.5 episodes per patient-year of treatment. The number of episodes per patient year of treatment in 2015 (by DHB) were (DHBs not reaching ISPD target in bold): Northland: 0.36 Waitemata: 0.36 Auckland: 0.34 Starship: 1.50 Counties Manukau: 0.55 Waikato: 0.55 Hawke’s Bay: 0.74 Taranaki: 0.50 MidCentral: -- Capital & Coast: 0.40 Canterbury: 0.45 Southern: 0.26 The PD peritonitis rate appears to be increasing at Northland, Waitemata, and Bay DHBs. The rate appears to be decreasing at Auckland, Counties Manukau, and Southern DHBs. Wide variation in PD peritonitis rates at some treating DHBs make interpretation of trends difficult. There does not appear to be a relationship between DHB unit size and trend in PD peritonitis rate.
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