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<i>Brevibacterium casei</i>: A Rare Cause of Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis. [PDF]

open access: yesCase Rep Nephrol
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Peritoneal dialysis

The Lancet, 1999
Peritoneal dialysis has now become an established form of renal replacement therapy; nearly half the patients on dialysis in the UK are treated in this way. Survival of patients is now equal to that with haemodialysis. However, long-term peritoneal dialysis (>8 years) is limited to a small percentage of patients because of dropout to haemodialysis for ...
R, Gokal, N P, Mallick
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Peritoneal dialysis

Nursing Standard, 2005
Peritoneal dialysis has much to offer patients with chronic renal failure who wish to manage their care and live relatively independent lives. The authors discuss different peritoneal dialysis treatments, patient selection, benefits and the management of potential complications.
Avril, Redmond, Elizabeth, Doherty
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AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS

The Lancet, 1978
Excerpt To the editor: With data on inulin and vitamin B12 clearances during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, Popovich and colleagues (1) have shown that the weekly clearances of these su...
D G, Oreopoulos, J L, Funck-Brentano
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Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis

The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 2002
Peritonitis, an infectious complication of peritoneal dialysis, continues to account for much of the morbidity associated with this techniques. The clinical presentation and laboratory data used in diagnosis the peritonitis, as well as its differential diagnosis will be reviewed in this article.
C G, Voinescu, R, Khanna
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Peritoneal Dialysis Solutions

Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 2001
After several decades of experience of peritoneal dialysis therapy, we now understand the peritoneal membrane and the causes of its changes during long-term dialysis much better. Several new, more biocompatible solutions are available in clinic today, and the outcome of peritoneal dialysis therapy is expected to be further improved.
T, Wang, B, Lindholm
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Peritoneal Dialysis Kinetics

Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy, 1995
Traditionally, for patients maintained with peritoneal dialysis (PD), the level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, and other clinical and laboratory data have been used to judge the adequacy of treatment. Because of the relatively high mortality rates in patients maintained with continuous PD, in the United States and the high failure rate of PD
L P, Ponferrada, J C, Van Stone
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