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Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: challenges and solutions

International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, 2018
Peritoneal dialysis is an effective treatment modality for patients with end-stage renal disease. The relative use of peritoneal dialysis versus hemodialysis varies widely by country.
W. Salzer
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Regional variation in the treatment and prevention of peritoneal dialysis-related infections in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, 2018
Background Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infections lead to significant morbidity. The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) guidelines for the prevention and treatment of PD-related infections are based on variable evidence.
N. Boudville, David W. Johnson, Junhui Zhao, B. Bieber, R. Pisoni, B. Piraino, J. Bernardini, S. Nessim, Yasuhiko Ito, G. Woodrow, F. Brown, J. Collins, T. Kanjanabuch, C. Szeto, J. Perl   +14 more
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Comparison of Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 2017
Background/Aims: The increase in the survival rate of patients with chronic renal failure due to substitution treatment prompts an investigation of their quality of life (QoL), a key measure to evaluate the outcomes of chronic disease treatment.
L. Zazzeroni, G. Pasquinelli, Eleonora Nanni, Valeria Cremonini, Ivan Rubbi   +4 more
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Narrative Review of Incremental Hemodialysis. [PDF]

, 2020
The prescription of hemodialysis (HD) in patients with incident end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is fundamentally empirical. The abrupt transition from nondialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) to thrice-weekly in-center HD of much the same dialysis ...
Garneata, Liliana, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Moossavi, Shahriar, Murea, Mariana   +3 more
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Human neutrophil clearance of bacterial pathogens triggers anti-microbial gamma delta T cell responses in early infection [PDF]

, 2011
Human blood Vc9/Vd2 T cells, monocytes and neutrophils share a responsiveness toward inflammatory chemokines and are rapidly recruited to sites of infection.
A Boëdec, A Matsushima, A Reichenberg, AC Brown, AC Hayday, AC Hayday, Amanda C. Brown, B Altincicek, B Moser, Bernhard Moser, C Agrati, C Belmant, C De Santo, C Münz, CC Szeto, Chan-Yu Lin, CM Bunke, Colin Hill, Cormac G. M. Gahan, CT Morita, CT Spencer, CT Weaver, D Vermijlen, David W. Johnson, DI Godfrey, DJ Pennington, DK Kim, E Oldfield, E. John Wherry, F Annunziato, F Dieli, F Sallusto, G Sarikonda, Gareth W. Roberts, GW Roberts, H Jomaa, H Jomaa, H Li, H Wang, H Wei, I Müller, J Feurle, J Mookerjee-Basu, James A. Chess, JF Bukowski, JJ O'Shea, John D. Williams, JS Savill, K Pietschmann, KJ Puan, KK Kumarasamy, KM Murphy, L Troidle, M Begley, M Begley, M Blunden, M Bonneville, M Brandes, M Eberl, M Eberl, M Eberl, M Eberl, M Eberl, M Fahim, M Kistowska, M Krishnan, M Pelletier, M Rohmer, MA Missinou, Mark A. Toleman, Martin S. Davey, Matthias Eberl, MC Devilder, MC Devilder, MI Hirsh, MJ Llewelyn, N Nathan, N Topley, Nicholas Topley, O Devuyst, P Choi, P Constant, PS Evans, R Medzhitov, RE Rojas, RM McLoughlin, S Amslinger, S Mujais, Simon J. Davies, Sinéad Heuston, SJ Davies, SM Hurst, SR Gill, T Ganz, Tanya Parish, TR Walsh, TW Rice, W Holtmeier, Y Kato, Y Neu, Y Tanaka, Y Zhang   +101 more
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Plasma vaspin levels and clinical outcome in incident peritoneal dialysis patients

BMC Nephrology, 2023
Background Vaspin is an adipokine that regulates glucose and lipid metabolism. Plasma vaspin level is increased in chronic kidney disease but decreased in hemodialysis patients.
Win Hlaing Than, Gordon Chun-Kau Chan, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Ka-Bik Lai, Ronald Cheong-Kin Chan, Jeromy Yuen Chun Teoh, Jack Kit-Chung Ng, Winston Wing-Shing Fung, Kai-Ming Chow, Phyllis Mei-Shan Cheng, Philip Kam-Tao Li, Cheuk-Chun Szeto   +11 more
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Improvised Peritoneal Dialysis in an 18-month-old Child with Severe Acute Malnutrition (kwashiorkor) and Acute kidney Injury: A Case Report. [PDF]

, 2013
Severe acute malnutrition is common in developing countries. Children with severe acute malnutrition are prone to complications, including electrolyte imbalance and infections.
Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH), UNICEF, World Health Organization, Francis Fredrick, Gudila Valentine, H Bachou, HM Mahgoub, IC Anochie, JG Callegari, KD Phadke, PN Obiagwu, PW Kandoth, S Walters, SP Andreoli, V Strazdins   +12 more
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The Peritoneal Dialysis System [PDF]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 1998
flow by a few ml/day to achieve much higher clear-ances and, consequently, significant increases in Kt/V.The evolution of peritoneal dialysis techniques has However, while theoretically possible, this would notpermitted not only the survival of uraemic patients, be feasible in practice since it would mean carryingbut also a remarkable rehabilitation and ...
Ronco C, Brendolan A, La Greca G
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Hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis in resource-limited settings

Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 2018
Purpose of review To assess the use, access to and outcomes of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis in low-resource settings. Recent findings Hemodialysis tends to predominate because of costs and logistics, however services tend to be located in larger ...
A. Niang, A. Iyengar, V. Luyckx
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Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz, Jonas De Breuck, Sahar Salehi, Meike N. Leiske   +3 more
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