. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 Nov 21;35(2):229–240. doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-4151-8

Table 1:

Summary comparison of complications and outcomes in infants receiving chronic hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis

	Hemodialysis	Peritoneal Dialysis
Percent Requiring Catheter Revisions	40–70%	30–40%
Infectious Complications	0.3–10 CVC infections per 1000 catheter days	0.85–1.73 annualized peritonitis rate
Percent Requiring Dialysis Modality Switch	30–70%	20–30%
Cumulative Survival On Dialysis	2 year survival 80%	2 year survival of 8090%
Frequency Receiving Transplant	25–88%	19–85%
Time to Transplant	Median 3 years	Median 2.7–3 years