https://www.selleckchem.com/products/17-AAG(Geldanamycin).html 92, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.88-0.96), a 10% relative reduction in mortality (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.85-0.94) but no significant change in AMI or stroke. In a model without era, neither hemoglobin nor ESA use was an independent predictor of outcome. There have been modest declines in average hemoglobin values and ESA use among incident dialysis patients in Canada with no change in major cardiovascular outcomes. Patient survival has improved over time, likely for reasons other than anemia management. There have been modest declines in average hemoglobin values and ESA use among incident dialysis patients in Canada with no change in major cardiovascular outcomes. Patient survival has improved over time, likely for reasons other than anemia management. This describes variations in facility peritoneal dialysis (PD) effluent (PDE) culture techniques and local microbiology laboratory practices, competencies, and quality assurance associated with peritonitis, with a specific emphasis on factors associated with culture-negative peritonitis (CNP). Peritonitis data were prospectively collected from 22 Thai PD centers between May 2016 and October 2017 as part of the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. The first cloudy PD bags from PD participants with suspected peritonitis were sent to local and central laboratories for comparison of pathogen identification. The associations between these characteristics and CNP were evaluated. CNP was significantly more frequent in local laboratories (38%) compared with paired PDE samples sent to the central laboratory (12%, < 0.05). Marked variations were observed in PD center practices, particularly with respect to specimen collection and processing, which often deviated from International Societ were associated with the likelihood of culturing and correctly identifying organisms responsible for causing PD-associated peritonitis. Deviations in practice fro