Overview of ISPD 2022 guideline recommendations for peritonitis prevention and treatment.

Abstract

This article is a summary of the new ISPD recommendations for peritonitis prevention and treatment. The latter recommendations bring definition clarifications, and new targets with respect to the rates of peritonitis. It also brings new recommendations on the prevention and the management of peritonitis with new guidelines regarding empirical use of antibiotics, dosage, and treatment of peritonitis due to specific microorganisms. In case of doubt or need of precisions, the original article (https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608221080586) and the exhaustive list of references that it contains should be consulted.