Implementation of PDOPPS in a middle-income country: Early lessons from Thailand.
Talerngsak KnananjubachPongpratch PuapatanakulGuttiga HaluePichet LorvinitnunKittisak TangjittrongKrit PongpirulSurapong NarenpitakChanchana BoonyakraiSajja TatiyanupanwongRutchanee ChieochanthanakijWorapot TreamtrakanponUraiwan ParinyasiriNiwat LounsengPhichit SongviriyavithayaSuchai SritippayawanJeffrey PerlRoberto Pecoits-FilhoBruce RobinsonSimon J DaviesDavid W JohnsonKriang Tungsanganull nullPublished in: Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (2021)
Participation in the PDOPPS helps unveil the critical barriers to improving outcomes of PD patients in Thailand, including a high prevalence of hypokalaemia, anaemia, poor nutritional status and culture-negative peritonitis. These factors should be acted upon to formulate solutions and implement quality improvement on a national level.