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Complications within 30 days after catheter implantation
| Complications | USPD (n=309) |
USHD (n=233) |
P value |
| Dialysis-related complications, n (%) | 14 (4.5) | 25 (10.7) | 0.031 |
| Infectious complications, n (%) | 4 (1.2) | 9 (3.8) | 0.014 |
| Non-infectious complications, n (%) | 9 (2.9) | 13 (5.5) | 0.395 |
| Complications requiring recatheterisation, n (%) | 5 (1.6) | 22 (9.4) | <0.001 |
| Bacteraemia, n (%) | 4 (1.2) | 13 (5.5) | 0.006 |
USHD, urgent-start haemodialysis; USPD, urgent-start peritoneal dialysis.
