February 1, 2001Nephrology Dialysis TransplantationOpen Access

Do the Y‐set and double‐bag systems reduce the incidence of CAPD peritonitis?

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Why the study?

Do Y-set and double-bag systems reduce the incidence of peritonitis in patients with ESRD on CAPD?

Structured PICO

Do Y-set and double-bag systems reduce the incidence of peritonitis in patients with ESRD on CAPD?

Population

991 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) across 12 randomized or quasi-randomized controlled trials.

Intervention

Modifications of the transfer set (Y-set or double-bag systems) used in CAPD exchanges.

Comparator

Standard systems, or Y-set systems (when evaluating double-bag systems).

Outcome

Incidence of peritonitis (proportion of patients experiencing peritonitis and patient-months on CAPD per episode).

Double-bag systems significantly reduce the incidence of peritonitis in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis compared to standard and Y-set systems.

Limitations

Only published data were used

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Implication

Supports prioritizing double-bag systems in CAPD to cut peritonitis; strengthens Level 1 evidence for optimized connectology.

Cite This Study

Daly et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f4eb82163a0a01bc3a053 https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/16.2.341

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Do the Y‐set and double‐bag systems reduce the incidence of CAPD peritonitis?

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

Do the Y‐set and double‐bag systems reduce the incidence of CAPD peritonitis?

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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