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Serum vancomycin levels predict the short-term adverse outcomes of peritoneal dialysis–associated peritonitis
Serum vancomycin levels predict the short-term adverse outcomes of peritoneal dialysis–associated peritonitis
Background:The role of monitoring serum vancomycin levels during treatment of peritoneal dialysis (PD)–associated peritoni...
Development of an instrument to assess self-management capacity of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: CAPABLE
Development of an instrument to assess self-management capacity of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: CAPABLE
Background:Treatment of kidney failure with peritoneal dialysis (PD) at home implies that the patient and/or their caregiv...
Exercising my right as a patient: Reflections on physical activity and exercise in peritoneal dialysis
Exercising my right as a patient: Reflections on physical activity and exercise in peritoneal dialysis
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Peritoneal dialysis in very low and extremely low birthweight infants: A pooled analysis
Peritoneal dialysis in very low and extremely low birthweight infants: A pooled analysis
Background:Peritoneal dialysis (PD) represents an important therapeutic option in neonatal acute kidney injury (AKI), alth...
Our New Year’s resolutions: To support patients on peritoneal dialysis to get active
Our New Year’s resolutions: To support patients on peritoneal dialysis to get active
1. Moore, SC, Patel, AV, Matthews, CE. Leisure time physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity and mortality: a l...
Feasibility of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion in children receiving peritoneal dialysis
Feasibility of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion in children receiving peritoneal dialysis
Background:Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the preferred dialysis modality for paediatric patients with end-stage kidney disea...
Representativeness of the PDOPPS cohort compared to the Australian PD population
Representativeness of the PDOPPS cohort compared to the Australian PD population
Background:The Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) is an international, prospective study fo...
What assistance does assisted peritoneal dialysis need?
What assistance does assisted peritoneal dialysis need?
1. Farragher, JF, Oliver, MJ, Jain, AK, et al. PD assistance and relationship to co-existing geriatric syndromes in incide...
Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and clinical outcomes in patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving peritoneal dialysis
Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and clinical outcomes in patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving peritoneal dialysis
Background:Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is a gut bacteria-derived metabolite of l-carnitine and choline. A high concentra...
Assisted peritoneal dialysis across Europe: Practice variation and factors associated with availability
Assisted peritoneal dialysis across Europe: Practice variation and factors associated with availability
Background:In Europe, the number of elderly end-stage kidney disease patients is increasing. Few of those patients receive...
Evaluation of intraperitoneal vancomycin in peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
Evaluation of intraperitoneal vancomycin in peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
Background:Intraperitoneal (IP) vancomycin is recommended as one of the treatment options for gram-positive coverage in th...
Increased expression of epimorphin in a peritoneal fibrosis mouse model
Increased expression of epimorphin in a peritoneal fibrosis mouse model
Background:Long-term peritoneal dialysis results in functional and histopathological alterations of the peritoneal membran...
Patient commentary on ‘Patient Perspectives of Coping with Automated Peritoneal Dialysis’
Patient commentary on ‘Patient Perspectives of Coping with Automated Peritoneal Dialysis’
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Phytopathogen transmitted from plant to human causing peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
Phytopathogen transmitted from plant to human causing peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
We report the first case of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis due to Sporothrix schenckii, a thermally dimor...
Changes of antibiotic resistance over time among Escherichia coli peritonitis in Southern China
Changes of antibiotic resistance over time among Escherichia coli peritonitis in Southern China
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the main cause of Gram-negative bacterial peritonitis among peritoneal dialysis patients. Ac...
24-h Glycaemic profiles in peritoneal dialysis patients and non-dialysis controls with advanced kidney disease
24-h Glycaemic profiles in peritoneal dialysis patients and non-dialysis controls with advanced kidney disease
Background:For patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD), the deleterious effects of high concentrations of dialysate glucose o...
Impact of assistance on peritonitis due to breach in aseptic procedure in diabetic patients: A cohort study with the RDPLF data
Impact of assistance on peritonitis due to breach in aseptic procedure in diabetic patients: A cohort study with the RDPLF data
Background:Diabetic patients often have physical impairment that could lead to manipulation errors in peritoneal dialysis ...
Patient perspectives of coping with automated peritoneal dialysis
Patient perspectives of coping with automated peritoneal dialysis
Background:Patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) experience poor quality of life, depression, anxiety and lifestyle ...
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and peritoneal dialysis (PD): Trivialisation of reality?
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and peritoneal dialysis (PD): Trivialisation of reality?
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Barriers and opportunities to increase PD incidence and prevalence: Lessons from a European Survey
Barriers and opportunities to increase PD incidence and prevalence: Lessons from a European Survey
Introduction:Peritoneal dialysis (PD) remains underutilised and unplanned start of dialysis further diminishes the likelih...