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Causative organisms and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis in Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia: a 3-year analysis

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2017
Background Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis remains a significant cause of morbidity for peritoneal dialysis patients and the main reason for conversion from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis.
Vui Eng Phui, Clare Hui Hong Tan, Chee Kean Chen, Kee Hoe Lai, Kwek Foong Chew, Hock Hin Chua, Laura Lui Sian Ngu, Lawrence Wei Soon Hii   +7 more
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Aeromonas Sobria: a Rare Cause of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis

Galician Medical Journal, 2017
Peritonitis is a very common complication in patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The most common causes are gram positive cocci (part of the normal skin flora), and then gram negative bacteria, while fungi are listed as a ...
Andreja Figurek, Vlastimir Vlatkovic, Dragan Vojvodic   +2 more
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Assessment and Management of Hypertension among Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis [PDF]

, 2019
Approximately 7%-10% of patients with ESKD worldwide undergo peritoneal dialysis (PD) as kidney replacement therapy. The continuous nature of this dialytic modality and the absence of acute shifts in pressure and volume parameters is an important ...
Agarwal, Rajiv, Georgianos, Panagiotis I., Liakopoulos, Vassilios, Vaios, Vasilios   +3 more
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Comparison of Blood Pressure Control and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) [PDF]

, 2011
This study aimed to investigate the influence of different peritoneal dialysis regimens on blood pressure control, the diurnal pattern of blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients on peritoneal dialysis.
Anderson, Brunkhorst, Casale, Chung, Covic, Devereux, Dubois, Erturk, Frohlich, Gunal, Hiroshige, Holley, Hufnagel, Johnson, Katzarski, Levy, McLenachan, Ortega, Ortega, Phillips, Posthuma, Rodriguez, Rodriguez-Carmona, Rodriguez-Carmona, Sahn, Silaruks, Struijk, Sturrock, Twardowski, Verdecchia, Wang, Watson, Westra, White, Wilson   +34 more
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Pleuroperitoneal Leak: An Unusual Cause of Acute Shortness of Breath in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient

Case Reports in Radiology, 2014
Introduction. Pleuroperitoneal leak is an uncommon complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), with an estimated incidence of 1.6%.
D. P. Ramaema, P. Mpikashe
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Peritoneal defense in continuous ambulatory versus continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis [PDF]

, 1992
Peritoneal defense in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis versus continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis. Several centers have reported a lower rate of peritonitis among adult patients on continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) as compared to ...
de Fijter, Carola W.H., Verbrugh, Henri A., Oe, Liem P., Peters, Edith D.J., van der Meulen, Jan, Donker, Ab J.M., Verhoef, Jan   +6 more
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Minimally invasive surgery for salvage of malfunctioning peritoneal dialysis catheters

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2019
Background: Malfunction of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) catheters is a frequent complication and has traditionally been treated with a laparotomy.
Hrishikesh P Salgaonkar, Ramya Ranjan Behera, Pradeep Chandra Sharma, Avinash Katara, Deepraj S Bhandarkar   +4 more
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Vancomycin in peritoneal dialysis: Clinical pharmacology considerations in therapy. [PDF]

, 2020
Intraperitoneal vancomycin is the first-line therapy in the management of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis. However, due to the paucity of data, vancomycin dosing for peritonitis in patients on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) is empiric ...
Kraft, Walter K., Lam, Edwin, Lien, Yi Ting Kayla, Piraino, Beth, Schmidt, Stephan, Vozmediano, Valvanera, Zhang, Jingjing   +6 more
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Educating end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis modality selection: a clinical advice from the European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) advisory board [PDF]

, 2010
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Bammens, Bert, Covic, Adrian, Fouque, Denis, Heimbürger, Olof, Lobbedez, Thierry, Segall, Liviu, Van Biesen, Wim, Vanholder, Raymond   +7 more
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Pharmacokinetics of recombinant human erythropoietin applied subcutaneously to children with chronic renal failure [PDF]

, 1993
The single-dose pharmacokinetics of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) given SC was investigated in 20 patients aged 7-20 years at different stages of chronic renal failure.
Braun, A., Ding, R., Fies, T., Kurtz, Armin, Schärer, K., Seidel, C.   +5 more
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