César Remón-Rodríguez, Pedro Quirós-Ganga, José Portolés-Pérez, Carmina Gómez-Roldán, Alfonso Miguel-Carrasco, Mercè Borràs-Sans, Ana Rodríguez-Carmona, Miguel Pérez-Fontán, J Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, Carmen Rodríguez Suárez
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: There is currently no registry that gives a complete and overall view of the peritoneal dialysis (PD) situation in Spain. However, a report on PD in Spain was developed for various conferences and meetings over several years from data provided by each registry in the autonomous communities and regions. The main objective of this study is to analyse this data in aggregate and comparatively to obtain a representative sample of the Spanish population on PD in recent years, in order that analysis and results in terms of demographic data, penetration of the technique, geographical differences, incidence and prevalence, technical aspects, intermediate indicators, comorbidity, and outcomes such as patient and technique survival may be extrapolated to the whole country...
2014: Nefrología: Publicación Oficial de la Sociedad Española Nefrologia