Bleeding risk of haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients

Anita van Eck van der Sluijs, Alferso C Abrahams, Maarten B Rookmaaker, Marianne C Verhaar, Willem Jan W Bos, Peter J Blankestijn, Friedo W Dekker, Merel van Diepen, Gurbey Ocak

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Dialysis patients have an increased bleeding risk as compared with the general population. However, there is limited information whether bleeding risks are different for patients treated with haemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD). From a clinical point of view, this information could influence therapy choice. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the association between dialysis modality and bleeding risk.

METHODS: Incident dialysis patients from the Netherlands Cooperative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis were prospectively followed for major bleeding events over 3 years. Hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for HD compared with PD using a time-dependent Cox regression analysis, with updates on dialysis modality.

RESULTS: In total, 1745 patients started dialysis, of whom 1211 (69.4%) received HD and 534 (30.6%) PD. The bleeding rate was 60.8/1000 person-years for HD patients and 34.6/1000 person-years for PD patients. The time-dependent Cox regression analysis showed that after adjustment for age, sex, primary kidney disease, prior bleeding, cardiovascular disease, antiplatelet drug use, vitamin K antagonist use, erythropoietin use, arterial hypertension, residual glomerular filtratin rate, haemoglobin and albumin levels, bleeding risk for HD patients compared with PD increased 1.5-fold (95% CI 1.0-2.2).

CONCLUSIONS: In this large prospective cohort of incident dialysis patients, HD patients had an increased bleeding risk compared with PD patients. In particular, HD patients with a history of prior bleeding had an increased bleeding risk.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)170-175
Number of pages6
JournalNephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Volume36
Issue number1
Early online date1 Nov 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

  • Bleeding
  • End-stage kidney disease
  • Haemodialysis
  • Peritoneal dialysis

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