Reduced Serum Urate Concentrations Despite Unchanged Allopurinol Dosing in Gout Patients Commenced on Dialysis: A Retrospective Chart Review [PDF]
Nephrology (Carlton)The study investigated allopurinol dosing practises and serum urate concentrations in gout patients with kidney failure following commencing dialysis. Results showed allopurinol dose was most commonly 100 mg, unadjusted upon commencing dialysis. However, serum urate concentrations significantly declined as patients commenced dialysis with more than 50%
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Impact of dialysis modality conversion on the health-related quality of life of peritoneal dialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study in China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background To analyze the health-related quality of life associated with the conversion of dialysis modality among end-stage renal disease patients in China. Methods Patients were recruited from hospitals and a dialysis center in Kunshan, China. Patients
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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 +2 more
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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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Journal of Urological Surgery, 2021 Objective:Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is a common treatment mode in patients with end-stage renal disease. Various insertion techniques of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis catheters have been described in the literature, including ...
Raghav Talwar +4 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 +4 more
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Persistent Genital Swelling after Hydrocele Ligation in a Patient Receiving Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis [PDF]
International Neurourology Journal, 2012 We report a case of genital swelling in a patient receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. A physical examination did not identify any defect.
Bo Sung Shin +4 more
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Pets are ‘Risky Business’ for Patients undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2013 The authors report the first case in Manitoba of a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis who experienced three successive infections with Pasteurella multocida and Capnocytophaga species over an eight-month period.
Yahya Salim Yahya Al-Fifi +3 more
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Curvularia lunata, a rare fungal peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD); a rare case report [PDF]
Journal of Nephropharmacology, 2016 Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum that occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated by peritoneal dialysis. Fungal peritonitis is a dreaded complication of peritoneal dialysis.
Subramanyam Haritha +3 more
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Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, 2017 Objective: We would like to provide an option of minimal invasive surgical intervention for a patient with end-stage renal disease undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, who was at the advanced-stage pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and who ...
Yi-Hung Sun, Wei-Chih Kan, Ming-Ping Wu
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