Open AccessHigh serum DcR3 levels are associated with the occurrence of peritonitis in patients receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis
Author(s) -
En Pen Chang,
Yanjuan Lin,
Szu Chun Huang,
Der Cherng Tarng,
Tung Po Huang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.09.009
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , peritonitis , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , physics , optics
Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis is a serious complication that typically leads to hospitalization, catheter loss, and even mortality. Previous studies of the risk factors for peritonitis are discordant. To date, no biomarker associated with PD-related peritonitis has been investigated. However, it has been shown that serum decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) is a valuable marker in predicting the outcome of several inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate whether serum DcR3 is a predictor of peritonitis in chronic PD patients.