The Italian Pediatric Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Registry.

I n the last decade, interest has increasingly developed in the evaluation of data coming from large multicenter and nationwide surveys of patients on chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT). In the pediatric field, the results of these studies have also helped in understanding the effect of different RRT modalities and patient care trends on patient outcomes (1-5). In Italy, a registry of chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD) pediatric patients was set up in 1986 with the aims of investigating the use ofCPD among the Italian pediatric dialysis centers, defining the technical problems, and evaluating the clinical results (6). In this paper, we report the data of the patient population of the Italian Registry of Pediatric CPD, collected over a 12-year period (1986-1997), focusing on CPD modality, peritonitis, and patient and technique survival.