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The impact of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis on mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients

BMC Nephrology, 2017
Results concerning the association between peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis and mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients are inconclusive, with one potential reason being that the time-dependent effect of peritonitis has rarely been considered in previous studies.
Hongjian Ye, Qian Zhou, Li Fan, Qunying Guo, Haiping Mao, Fengxian Huang, Xueqing Yu, Xiao Yang   +7 more
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The Goldilocks Principle in Neonatal Fluids: Finding the Just‐Right Balance

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of disrupted fluid balance on outcomes in critically unwell children and adults is well described. Recent literature in neonates has demonstrated that both fluid overload and excessive postnatal fluid losses are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Jane B. McMahon, Anke Raaijmakers, Eveline Staub, Simon A. Carter, Bronwyn Mahoney, Alison L. Kent, David Selewski, Thomas A. Forbes   +7 more
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Effect of peritoneal dialysis and a single hemodialysis on erythrocyte membrane ATPase activity of uremic subjects

, 1985
In this study erythrocytic ATPase activities were studied in 21 patients before and after six hours of hemodialysis. In another group of 20 patients ATPase activities were also studied before and after 48-72 hours of peritoneal dialysis.
Hakan O., Emel A., Ali G., Tevfik A.
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The Impact of Persistent Iron Overload and Ferritin Trend on the Clinical Outcome of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Study Over 10 Years

Kidney Medicine
Rationale & Objective: Anemia is a major complication in chronic kidney disease. Although iron replacement therapies are commonly used, concerns about iron overload exist, for which data are limited, particularly in patients undergoing peritoneal ...
Vanessa Wing-Lam Tao, Vickie Wai-Ki Kwong, Jack Kit-Chung Ng, Winston Wing-Shing Fung, Gordon Chun-Kau Chan, Wing-Fai Pang, Kai-Ming Chow, Cheuk-Chun Szeto   +7 more
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Correlational studies on insulin resistance and leptin gene polymorphisms in peritoneal dialysis patients [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2015
Objective(s):The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between insulin resistance (IR) and leptin (LEP) gene polymorphisms in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.
Liou Cao, Shan Mou, Wei Fang, Chaojun Qi, Xinbei Chang, Leyi Gu, Jiaqi Qian, Zhaohui Ni   +7 more
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Recombinant GPI-anchored TIMP-1 stimulates growth and migration of peritoneal mesothelial cells. [PDF]

, 2012
Mesothelial cells are critical in the pathogenesis of post-surgical intraabdominal adhesions as well as in the deterioration of the peritoneal membrane associated with long-term peritoneal dialysis.
Elfriede Noessner, Susan Notohamiprodjo, Pankaj Goyal, Sauter, M., Sitter, T., Sitter, Thomas, Markus Wörnle, Andrea Ribeiro, Peter J. Nelson (168215), Thomas Sitter, Matthias Sauter (168187), Wolfgang Siess, Wolfgang Siess (168198), Susanne Himmelein, Nelson, P.J., Himmelein, Susanne, Thomas Sitter (168211), Goyal, P., Sauter, Matthias, Susanne Himmelein (168206), Nelson, Peter J., Markus Wörnle (168201), Susan Notohamiprodjo (168192), Ribeiro, A., Notohamiprodjo, Susan, Elfriede Noessner (146689), Noessner, Elfriede, Wörnle, Markus, Djafarzadeh, Roghieh, Roghieh Djafarzadeh, Matthias Sauter, Nößner, E., Andrea Ribeiro (168203), Roghieh Djafarzadeh (88033), Himmelein, S., Peter J Nelson, Wörnle, M., Goyal, Pankaj, Ribeiro, Andrea, Djafarzadeh, R., Notohamiprodjo, S., Pankaj Goyal (156516), Siess, W., Siess, Wolfgang, Nelson Peter J., Sauter Matthias, Goyal Pankaj, Djafarzadeh Roghieh, Wörnle Markus, Siess Wolfgang, Notohamiprodjo Susan, Sitter Thomas, Himmelein Susanne, Noessner Elfriede, Ribeiro Andrea   +54 more
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All in the family: Kidney donation in aging Japan

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the ethical and cultural logics shaping living donor kidney transplantation in Japan, where donation is restricted to kin and deceased donation remains rare. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Tokyo‐area hospital, it analyzes how Japan's kin‐based transplantation regime contrasts with the utilitarian model dominant in
Amy Borovoy
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic peritoneal dialysis in children

, 2015
Nia Fraser,1 Farida K Hussain,2 Roy Connell,3 Manoj U Shenoy1 1Department of Paediatric Urology, 2Paediatric Nephrology, 3Paediatric Dialysis, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK Abstract: The incidence of end-stage renal disease ...
Shenoy MU, Fraser N, Connell R, Hussain FK   +3 more
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Leadless Pacemaker Implantation in High‐Risk Patients: Real‐World Outcomes From a Multicenter Israeli Registry

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Transvenous pacemakers are effective but carry significant short‐ and long‐term complications. Leadless pacemakers were developed to overcome these limitations, however, data in high‐risk patients ineligible for transvenous systems remain limited.
Moshe Katz, Marianna Vander, David Luria, Moshe Rav Acha, Yoav Michowitz, Alon Barsheshet, Gregory Golovchiner, Roy Beinart   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Reintegration and Associated Factors Among Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Qi-Qing Lin,1 Yong-Chun Wang,2 Xi-Mei Zhang,1 Ya-Bin Zhang,1 Guo-Zheng Luo,2 Na Tian,2 Yan Wang21School of Nursing, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750000, People’s Republic of China; 2Peritoneal Dialysis Center, Department of Nephrology, General ...
Lin QQ, Wang YC, Zhang XM, Zhang YB, Luo GZ, Tian N, Wang Y   +6 more
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