The Burden of Peripheral Artery Occlusion Disease and Associated Factors in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

National Taiwan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00173602

9461700811

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators want to evaluate the burden of peripheral artery occlusion disease in Taiwan peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients by using ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI) and toe-brachial pressure index (TBI). Furthermore, the investigators hope to demonstrate the possible casual factors of peripheral artery occlusion disease (PAOD) in PD patients.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receive stable peritoneal dialysis patients for more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• Active infection, malignancy and recent hospitalization