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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well as end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is prevalent throughout the world with an incidence of 13.6% and 0.14%, respectively. More than 25,000 patients in the United States receive dialysis via peritoneal dialysis (PD). PD is a patient-centered cost-effective modality compared to hemodialysis (HD) .This is because PD can be carried out at home, affording unique lifestyle benefits for patients, and allowing for lower dialysis costs . PD also provides preservation of kidney function and improved mortality when compared to HD.

It is expected that PD will be utilized at a higher rate in the United States as recent modifications by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) resulted in higher reimbursement for PD services [7]. The distinct advantages of PD have led to the “PD First” position by some clinicians and to consider PD for urgent dialysis commencement and not only for the elective-start dialysis settings [8–10]. The urgent-start dialysis is a term used to describe patients needing immediate dialysis initiation with no pre-established vascular or PD access, where initiation of the PD occurs within 2 weeks after catheter insertion. Therefore, the urgent-start PD is an attractive option for patients presenting with ESRD without prior access preparation