peritoneal dialysis

This study examined the morphologic features of the parietal peritoneal membranes of 130 patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) and compared them with the features of the peritoneal membranes of normal individuals, uremic ..

b>Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a form of renal replacement and is based on the use of the peritoneum as a semipermeable membrane across which ultrafiltration and diffusion take place...

The development of peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a successful therapy has and still depends on experimental models to test and understand critical pieces of pathophysiology...

The annual payer costs for patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) are lower than with hemodialysis (HD), but in 2007, only 7% of dialysis patients in the United States were treated with PD...

Contemporary comparisons of mortality in matched hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients are lacking...

Peritoneal solute transport increases with time on treatment in a proportion of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, contributing to ultrafiltration failure...

..peritonitis adversely affect the structure and function of the peritoneal membrane in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD), but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood...

..A new multifrequency bioimpedance tool has recently been validated. This study compares volume status in peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients in a single center.

One of the origins of cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients is arterial stiffness. The aim of our study was to assess the relationship between the calcium content of peritoneal dialysis (PD) solution and arterial stiffness.

BACKGROUND: In some parts of the world, peritoneal dialysis is widely used for renal replacement in acute renal failure...

Over the past two decades, the rate of peritonitis in patients treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been significantly reduced...

..to determine the predictors of RRF loss in a national random sample of patients initiating hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The study controlled for baseline variables and included major predictors...

..These findings confirm the hypothesis that the presence of a PC catheter increases inflammatory response to sterile solutions as evidenced by the structural and functional changes in the peritoneal barrier...

The introduction of peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a modality of renal replacement therapy has provoked much interest in the biology of the peritoneal mesothelial cell...

BACKGROUND: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was recently found in peritoneal effluents of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients...

..b>Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients rarely develop EPS, a severe life-threatening condition of unknown pathogenesis...

b>Peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions contribute to peritoneal membrane damage...

To compare healthcare utilization and costs in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) beginning peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialysis (HD).

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and to correlate the findings with various demographic and renal osteodystrophy markers.

Patients on chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis often develop an inflammatory state that causes morbidity and mortality...

Long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) may lead to peritoneal fibrosis and ultrafiltration failure. The latter occurs due to high solute transport rates and diabetiform peritoneal sclerosis...

..of the implication of AQP1 in solute-free water transport, sodium sieving, and ultrafiltration (UF) during peritoneal dialysis (PD) is lacking, and the effects of its deletion on the structure of the membrane are unknown...

..elevated leptin levels have been documented in uremic patients, especially in those who are treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD)...

To compare sodium removal in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) patients, and to identify the main factors that modify Na removal in clinical practice in these patients.

The percentage of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients in the United States maintained on continuous peritoneal dialysis (CPD) therapy is decreasing...

Although peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a widely accepted form of renal replacement therapy (RRT), concerns remain regarding the bioincompatible nature of standard PD fluid...

..The aim of this study was to determine the relative importance of baseline patient and treatment characteristics to mortality and technique failure in patients starting peritoneal dialysis.

..Trends in available data indicate the relative risk of death with hemodialysis (HD) compared to peritoneal dialysis (PD) varies by time on dialysis and the presence of various risk factors...

Worsening fluid balance results in reduced technique and patient survival in peritoneal dialysis. Under these conditions, the glucose polymer icodextrin is known to enhance ultrafiltration in the long dwell...

..However, their effect on survival has not been studied in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients...

..its selective permeability, thereby impairing the peritoneal transport properties in patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD)...

Conventional peritoneal dialysis fluid (PDF) is a bioincompatible solution owing to the acidic pH, the high glucose concentrations and the associated hyperosmolarity, the high lactate concentrations, and the presence of glucose ..

During peritoneal dialysis (PD), exposure of the peritoneal membrane to nonphysiologic solutions causes inflammation, ultimately leading to altered structure and function...

..The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in peritoneal dialysis (PD) and haemodialysis (HD) patients in the Asia-Pacific region.

..Anemia seems to be the most important factor associated with fatigue. Dialysis adequacy and nutritional state did not show any correlation with the frequency of fatigue in our study...

Over time, peritoneal dialysis results in functional and structural alterations of the peritoneal membrane, but the underlying mechanisms and whether these changes are reversible are not completely understood...

..It has been suggested that continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and haemodialysis (HD) may have different effects on fluid ..

..Factors relevant to indoxyl sulfate and p-cresol levels in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients have rarely been investigated...

..We examined its efficacy for Hb level correction when administered once every 2 weeks in erythropoiesis-stimulating agent-naive dialysis patients...

..Dialysis-related infections are the commonest cause of catheter loss and transfer to hemodialysis. Surface modifications of the catheter that reduce infections are of major importance...

Long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) leads to peritoneal injury. At worst, peritoneal injury leads to encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), which is a serious complication of PD. The mortality rate of EPS is extremely high...

Diabetic peritoneal dialysis patients have been reported to have faster peritoneal solute transport and may be at risk of reduced ultrafiltration volumes, leading to fluid overload.

..Design: Biologically active FGF23 in plasma from CKD patients treated by peritoneal dialysis was quantified using a cell-based Egr-1 reporter assay; bioactive FGF23 levels were compared with those ..

This study reviewed 1787 episodes of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis in 544 patients between 1994 and 2003. The overall rate of peritonitis was 0.68 episodes/year of PD, but decreased from 1.10 to 0...

Amino-acid-based peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluids have been developed to improve the nutritional status of PD patients...

..We investigated whether decreasing dry weight increases serum albumin in peritoneal dialysis patients...

Peritonitis, a common complication of peritoneal dialysis, is followed by acute changes in the function of the peritoneum. The role of inflammatory cytokines in these processes is not clearly identified...

..In this Review, we compare the epidemiology of peritoneal dialysis with that of hemodialysis and describe some of the major differences in the global utilization of the two ..

Clinical experience and literature evidence suggest that peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a safe and effective treatment in short term (3 to 5 years) for stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients...

Peritonitis caused by gram-negative bacteria is a serious complication of peritoneal dialysis. Antibiotic resistance is common, and response to medical treatment is often poor...

Simple sclerosis consisted of a thin layer of submesothelial sclerotic tissue in peritoneal dialysis patients...

Penetration of peritoneal dialysis (PD) varies tremendously across the world. It ranges from about 80% in Hong Kong and Mexico to just a few percentage points in the United States, Japan, and Germany...

BACKGROUND: Factors that predict peritoneal transport status in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients are poorly understood. The aim of the present study is to determine these factors in Australian and New Zealand incident PD patients...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, a situation that can be explained by a combination of traditional and nontraditional risk factors for CVD in these patients...

Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) frequently exhibit oxidant-antioxidant imbalance, advanced glycation end-product overload, and subclinical inflammation but the interrelations between these pathophysiological changes have not been ..

..The CANUSA study originally reported the importance of total small-solute clearance in predicting survival of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients...

AIMS: To assess the prevalence of coronary artery calcification (CAC) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and to determine whether comorbidities such as inflammation, dyslipidemia and mineral metabolism disorders correlate with its ..

b>Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is still widely used for acute renal failure (ARF) in developing countries despite concerns about its inadequacy...

Peritonitis is one of the most frequent complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and 1% - 15% of episodes are caused by fungal infections...

Both peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients have diminished quality of life (QOL) scores compared to healthy patients...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are widely used in clinical practice. The safety and efficacy of these agents in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients are unclear.

..In the long term, this may positively impact the peritoneal membrane, increasing its life as a dialyzing organ...

..as a pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of screening a large cohort of patients maintained on chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD) for depression and then pharmacologically treating those patients assessed to have clinical ..

Laparoscopy is an underused modality for peritoneal dialysis access procedures. The strengths of laparoscopy are that it can both prevent and resolve the common mechanical problems that adversely effect dialysis catheter outcomes.

..b>Peritoneal dialysis as pretransplantation dialysis modality was reported to influence favorably the recovery of renal function ..

..The aim of the study was to evaluate the serum HSP, their connections with dialysis modality and their possible role as markers of atherosclerosis...

..of cardiovascular calcification in the ESRD population, including in patients receiving long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD)...

Sodium and water retention is common in peritoneal dialysis patients and contributes to cardiovascular disease...

..Amino acid (AA)-based peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions can induce an anabolic response in malnourished patients on continuous ambulatory PD if ..

Recent reports indicate a decreased mortality risk for patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis in the United States...

..A total of 7808 patients across Japan who were using Baxter peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions in 2004 were included in this cross-sectional analysis...

In the United States, chronic peritoneal dialysis take-on has declined among incident ESRD patients. Although increasing age, co-morbidity, and body size may explain part of this decline, other factors likely contribute...

Infection is the Achilles heel of peritoneal dialysis. Exit site mupirocin prevents Staphylococcus aureus peritoneal dialysis (PD) infections but does not reduce Pseudomonas aeruginosa or other Gram-negative infections, which are ..

In patients on long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD), angiogenesis and vasculopathy are observed in the peritoneum, and the degree of vascularization correlates with the area of fibrotic tissue, suggesting the involvement of angiogenesis in ..

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..67. No important differences were found between patients on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis therapy and between patients with high and low residual renal function...

We investigated whether cardiac troponin T (cTnT) independently predicted outcome and added prognostic value over other clinical risk predictors in chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) with end-stage renal disease.

Preservation of residual renal function (RRF) is an important goal in peritoneal dialysis (PD). The present study explored the factors conditioning RRF decline in a PD population. We studied 148 consecutive patients...

Large dialysate volumes are often required to increase solute clearance for peritoneal dialysis patients...

..In the present study, we evaluated the effect of an ARB, olmesartan medoxomil (CS866), on the progression of peritoneal fibrosis in peritoneal dialysis by examining its effect in a model of peritoneal fibrosis in hypertensive rats.

BACKGROUND: Most patients with acute peritoneal dialysis (PD) peritonitis respond to antibiotic therapy, but a significant minority of patients require surgical catheter removal to eradicate the infection...

Peritoneal sclerosis is one of the most important complications of peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment. Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) represents the most advanced stage of that disease and has a high mortality...

..The purpose of this single-center single-arm study was to determine whether darbepoetin alfa, when administered at extended dose intervals, is as effective as rHuEPO for the treatment of renal anemia in patients on peritoneal dialysis.

..markers, and metabolic parameters in healthy people (n = 63) and nondiabetic patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD, n = 72)...

..Incremental dialysis has been suggested for patients with some residual renal function. However, very little published clinical data exist on the feasibility of this schedule...

The outcome of older and especially of female diabetic patients appears to be worse on peritoneal dialysis (PD) than on hemodialysis (HD)...

..To investigate if intraperitoneal and systemic interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) are related to each other and to peritoneal solute transport rate (PSTR)...

The mesothelium of patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) is exposed to glucose in dialysate. Glucose metabolites 3-deoxyglucosone and advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) in the PD fluid induce peritoneal damage...

..When peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients cannot maintain target clearances, the dialysis dose needs to be increased...

..clinical test for the chronic renal disease patient who needs an integrated approach that combines both peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis (PD-HD therapy)...

..Further studies should be conducted to assess the power of innovative PD solutions--Low Sodium PDF and/or Bimodal Ultrafiltration--in enhancing fluid and sodium removal during CAPD/APD programmes...

BACKGROUND: During peritoneal dialysis (PD), the peritoneum is exposed to bioincompatible dialysis fluids that cause epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of mesothelial cells, fibrosis, and angiogenesis...

Water transport in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is across the small pores and water channels, the latter allowing free water transport...

b>Peritoneal dialysis, intravascular access for chemotherapy, transcutaneous intrathoracic access of cardiac power lines, and suprapubic bladder drainage are among the clinical applications where transcutaneous catheters are routinely used ..

..on bone formation and parathyroid gland function in children with bone biopsy proven 2-HPT and treated with peritoneal dialysis. Also the response to these two vitamin D sterols will be assessed in patients given calcium carbonate or a ..

..to quantify solute diffusion and convection in the subperitoneal muscle of anesthetized rats during peritoneal dialysis. The in vivo model permits control of the tissue pressure forces and measurement of the pressure profile ..

..on interactions between dynamics of bacterial growth and optimal bacterial clearance in the setting of peritoneal dialysis associated peritonitis (PDAP)...

..calcitriol will be performed in pediatric patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism and treated with peritoneal dialysis. Therapeutic responses will be judged by changes in biochemical indices of parathyroid hormone secretion ..

..g., continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis) but poorer adherence when receiving staff administered dialysis (e.g., center hemodialysis)...

..quality of life (HRQL) for pediatric patients with chronic renal failure or ESRD treated with hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or transplant. Resources provided by the RO3 award will allow Dr...

..of the MAb to tumor, a human xenograft will be transplanted into the abdominal wall of athymic rats, and peritoneal dialysis will be used to deliver MAb. The tumor position permits control of the intraperitoneal (i.p...

..5 billion. Hemodialysis requires patient treatment 3 times a week for 3-4 hours. Peritoneal dialysis is an option utilized by less than 10% of patients requiring manual exchange of 2 liters of dialysate every ..

Chronic transcutaneous access is needed for peritoneal dialysis (PD) and new emerging medical therapies...

..with secondary hyperparathyroidism will also be evaluated, and the respective roles of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis as separate modifiers of diurnal and pulsatile PTH secretion in end-stage renal disease will be examined...

..if the uremic factors that stimulate IL-6 production in AKI may be removed by dialysis, the effect of acute peritoneal dialysis on IL-6 production and serum IL-6 will be determined...

..if the uremic factors that stimulate IL-6 production in AKI may be removed by dialysis, the effect of acute peritoneal dialysis on IL-6 production and serum IL-6 will be determined...

..study will pilot test an intervention! based on self-efficacy theory, to improve adherence to the peritoneal dialysis dietary regimen...

..This is a national prospective cohort study comparing treatment and outcomes in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients...

..devices for treatment of chronic heart failure, total parenteral nutrition, drug delivery, and ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The PAD is pre-seeded with autologous fibroblasts derived from a small sample of the recipient's skin...