1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California

4Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

5College of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

6Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

7Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

8Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

9Department of Internal Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

10Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado

11Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

12Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

13Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

14Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

15Division of Nephrology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia

16Division of Nephrology, Division of Nephrology St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

17Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

18Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

19Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

20Faculty of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

21The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

22Kidney Health Research Institute, Geisinger Health, Danville, Pennsylvania

23Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

24Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

25Division of Nephrology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

26Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

27Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

28Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

29Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Correspondence: Dr. Matthew J. Oliver, Kidney Care Centre at the CNIB, 1929 Bayview Avenue, Room 388, Toronto, ON, M4G 3E8, Canada. Email: [email protected]

*The members of the North American Peritoneal Dialysis Registry include Serban Maierean, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; John H. Crabtree, MD, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California; Alix Clarke, MSc, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Sean Armstrong, MD, MEd, College of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Rachel Fissell, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Arsh K. Jain, MD, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Sarbjit V. Jassal, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Susie L. Hu, MD, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Peter Kennealey, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado; Scott Liebman, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Brendan McCormick, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Bogdan Momciu, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Robert P. Pauly, MD, MSc, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Beth Pellegrino, MD, Division of Nephrology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia; Jeffrey Perl, MD, SM, Division of Nephrology St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Canada; James L. Pirkle Jr., MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Troy J. Plumb, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Rebecca Seshasai, MD, MSHP, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ankur Shah, MD, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Nikhil Shah, MBBS, DNB, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Jenny Shen, MD, MS, The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; Gurmukteshwar Singh, MD, Kidney Health Research Institute, Geisinger Health, Danville, Pennsylvania; Karthik Tennankore, MD, SM, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Jaime Uribarri, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Murray Vasilevsky, MD, Division of Nephrology, McGill University Health Center; Robert Yang, MD, MSc, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Robert R. Quinn, MD, PhD, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Matthew J. Oliver, MD, MHs (senior corresponding author) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

See related editorial, “Intra-Abdominal Adhesions and Peritoneal Dialysis: A Challenge, Not a Contraindication,” on pages 412–414.

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