Diabetic Patients and Peritoneal Dialysis

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among patients requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) has been on the rise worldwide, with DM now being the primary cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in roughly one-third of RRT initiations. Although renal transplantation is the optimal treatment for ESRD, its limited availability has led to in-center hemodialysis (HD) being widely used as the default RRT modality in many countries. However, peritoneal dialysis (PD) may offer a superior option for diabetic patients due to its slower ultrafiltration rate, which can help mitigate the dialysis-induced hypotension and coronary ischemia that are associated with extracorporeal circulation during HD. Despite these advantages, unfounded concerns about technique failure and increased complication rates have discouraged some clinicians from recommending PD as a first-line RRT for diabetic patients. We conducted a retrospective study comparing the incidence of complications and technique survival rates between diabetic and non-diabetic patients undergoing PD at a dialysis unit in Morocco. Our findings reveal that, diabetic patients undergoing PD experienced no significant difference in technique survival or incidence of complications compared to their non-diabetics. Nevertheless, only a small proportion (17.5%) of patients in our PD unit was diabetic, suggesting a need to improve access to PD for diabetic patients with ESRD

Patients diabétiques en dialyse péritonéale

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among patients requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) has been on the rise worldwide, with DM now being the primary cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in roughly one-third of RRT initiations. Although renal transplantation is the optimal treatment for ESRD, its limited availability has led to in-center hemodialysis (HD) being widely used as the default RRT modality in many countries. However, peritoneal dialysis (PD) may offer a superior option for diabetic patients due to its slower ultrafiltration rate, which can help mitigate the dialysis-induced hypotension and coronary ischemia that are associated with extracorporeal circulation during HD. Despite these advantages, unfounded concerns about technique failure and increased complication rates have discouraged some clinicians from recommending PD as a first-line RRT for diabetic patients. We conducted a retrospective study comparing the incidence of complications and technique survival rates between diabetic and non-diabetic patients undergoing PD at a dialysis unit in Morocco. Our findings reveal that, diabetic patients undergoing PD experienced no significant difference in technique survival or incidence of complications compared to their non-diabetics. Nevertheless, only a small proportion (17.5%) of patients in our PD unit was diabetic, suggesting a need to improve access to PD for diabetic patients with ESRD.La prévalence du diabète sucré chez les patients nécessitant une thérapie de remplacement rénal est en hausse dans le monde entier, et le diabète est désormais la principale cause d'insuffisance rénale chronique terminale (IRCT) chez environ un tiers de ces patients. Bien que la transplantation rénale soit le traitement optimal pour l'IRCT, sa disponibilité limitée a conduit à l'utilisation généralisée de l'hémodialyse en centre (HD) comme modalité de remplacement rénal par défaut dans de nombreux pays. Cependant, pour les patients diabétiques, la dialyse péritonéale (DP) peut offrir une option supérieure en raison de son taux d'ultrafiltration plus lent, qui peut aider à diminuer les complications associées à la circulation extracorporelle pendant l'HD. Malheureusement, des préoccupations infondées concernant l'échec technique et l'augmentation des taux de complications ont dissuadé certains cliniciens de recommander la DP comme traitement de première intention pour les patients diabétiques en IRCT. Nous avons mené une étude rétrospective comparant l'incidence des complications et les taux de survie technique entre les patients diabétiques et non diabétiques bénéficiant de la DP dans une unité de dialyse au Maroc. Nos résultats révèlent que les patients diabétiques en DP n'ont pas connu de différence significative en termes de survie de la technique ou d'incidence de complications par rapport aux non diabétiques. Cependant, nous avons constaté que seule une petite proportion (17,5 %) des patients de notre unité de DP était diabétique, ce qui suggère que l'accès à la DP pour les patients diabétiques atteints d'ESRD doit être amélioré