Table 2.

PD-related complications and available event-level details (n = 18).

Complication	Timing from first PD exchange	Affected children, n/N (%)	Overlap or microbiology	Recorded management/outcome
Dialysate leak	Early (≤14 d)	4/18 (22.2)	Occurred in four different children; none had an early exit-site infection.	A conservative protocol was effective in controlling leaks in 2 cases; leaks persisted in another 2 cases
Exit-site infection	Early (≤14 d)	2/18 (11.1)	Occurred in two different children and did not overlap with early leak.	Treatment was documented with topical and/ or systemic antibiotics.
Persistent/recurrent dialysate leak	Late (>14 d)	2/18 (11.1)	Occurred in one child with DIC and one child with ATN; the ATN child also developed Candida peritonitis.	Catheter intervention was documented in both children.
Exit-site complication	Late (>14 d)	1/18 (5.6)	Documented as recurrent exit-site infection/allergic dermatitis in a child with ATN who also developed Candida peritonitis.	Treatment and later catheter removal were documented.
Peritonitis	Late (>14 d)	4/18 (22.2); 5 episodes	Two Candida episodes; one multidrug-resistant A. baumannii episode; two relapsing polymicrobial E. cloacae/M. morganii episodes in one child.	Antimicrobial treatment and/or catheter removal or reinsertion were documented in all four affected children.
Catheter obstruction	Late (>14 d)	1/18 (5.6)	Occurred with relapsing polymicrobial peritonitis in the child with stage 5 CKD.	The child transitioned from PD to HD.

Abbreviations: PD, peritoneal dialysis; HD, hemodialysis; CKD, chronic kidney disease.