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Review

A Practical Guide to Understanding and Managing Non-Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters in Clinical Practice

by
Danielle E. Fox
and
Robert R. Quinn
*
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Kidney Dial. 2025, 5(3), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/kidneydial5030036
Submission received: 28 March 2025 / Revised: 14 June 2025 / Accepted: 26 June 2025 / Published: 1 August 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Peritoneal Dialysis: Procedure & Physiology, Complications, and the Future Ahead)
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Abstract

The prevalence of early non-infectious peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter complications makes performing PD challenging for patients and difficult for the healthcare team to manage. Three common patient scenarios are presented: catheter flow dysfunction, peri-catheter leaks, and catheter-related abdominal pain. Practice recommendations are integrated into each scenario and tailored to clinical presentation, patient need, and resource availability. The importance of including patients in the decision-making process is emphasized, and examples of how contextual factors modify the proposed approach to complications are given.
Keywords: peritoneal dialysis; non-infectious complications; catheter dysfunction; flow dysfunction; peri-catheter leaks; pain peritoneal dialysis; non-infectious complications; catheter dysfunction; flow dysfunction; peri-catheter leaks; pain

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Fox, D.E.; Quinn, R.R. A Practical Guide to Understanding and Managing Non-Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters in Clinical Practice. Kidney Dial. 2025, 5, 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/kidneydial5030036

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Fox DE, Quinn RR. A Practical Guide to Understanding and Managing Non-Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters in Clinical Practice. Kidney and Dialysis. 2025; 5(3):36. https://doi.org/10.3390/kidneydial5030036

Chicago/Turabian Style

Fox, Danielle E., and Robert R. Quinn. 2025. "A Practical Guide to Understanding and Managing Non-Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters in Clinical Practice" Kidney and Dialysis 5, no. 3: 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/kidneydial5030036

APA Style

Fox, D. E., & Quinn, R. R. (2025). A Practical Guide to Understanding and Managing Non-Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters in Clinical Practice. Kidney and Dialysis, 5(3), 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/kidneydial5030036

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