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Background Peritonitis is a common and clinically important complication in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD). Antibiotic administration is essential for PD-related peritonitis, but routes of administration have not been established enough ...
Kohkichi Morimoto +10 more
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis carries high morbidity for PD patients. Understanding the characteristics and risk factors for peritonitis can guide regional development of prevention strategies. We describe peritonitis
J. Perl +15 more
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ISPD guidelines for peritoneal dialysis in acute kidney injury: 2020 update (adults)
Summary statements (1) Peritoneal dialysis (PD) should be considered a suitable modality for treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) in all settings (1B).
B. Cullis +8 more
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Effects of Intravenous Administration of Vancomycin on Peritonitis in a Patient on Peritoneal Dialysis. [PDF]
ABSTRACT In settings where intraperitoneal vancomycin is unavailable or off‐label (e.g., Japan), intravenous vancomycin can be a viable treatment option for peritoneal dialysis‐associated peritonitis. Due to limited pharmacokinetic data regarding intravenous dosing, pragmatic strategies involving more frequent therapeutic drug monitoring—measuring both
Yonezawa N +11 more
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Bleeding risk of haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients
Background Dialysis patients have an increased bleeding risk as compared with the general population. However, there is limited information whether bleeding risks are different for patients treated with haemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD ...
A. van Eck van der Sluijs +8 more
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Background Encapsulating-peritoneal-sclerosis (EPS) is a rare, but serious and life-threatening complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Treatment of EPS consists of discontinuation of PD and maintenance of nutritional status, whereas the role of ...
Vassilios Liakopoulos +5 more
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Background Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a home-based therapy which requires the patients or their caregivers to perform the practice. We aimed to develop a practical approach to evaluate PD practice ability of the patients and to identify berries to self ...
Jiaying Huang +7 more
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A single weekly Kt/Vurea target for peritoneal dialysis patients does not provide an equal dialysis dose for all [PDF]
Copyright © 2016 International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Dialysis adequacy is traditionally based on urea clearance, adjusted for total body volume (Kt/Vurea), and clinical guidelines recommend a Kt/Vurea ...
Davenport, Andrew +4 more
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BACKGROUND There is limited information available on the impact that provision of an assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD) service has on the initiation of PD. The aim of this study was to assess this impact in a centre following initiation of assisted PD in
A. Boyer +4 more
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Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy based on infusing a sterile solution into the peritoneal cavity through a catheter and provides for the removal of solutes and water using the peritoneal membrane as the exchange surface.
Maria Claudia Cruz Andreoli +1 more
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