...Grazia Maria Virzi; Maria Mattiotti; Sabrina Milan Manani; Maddalena Gnappi; Ilaria Tantillo; Valentina Corradi; Massimo De Cal; Anna Giuliani; Mariarosa Carta; Davide Giavarina; Claudio Ronco; Monica Zanella Introduction: The present study aimed to monitor peritoneal neutrophil gelatinase...

... Carvalho; Patrícia Branco; Pedro Maia; Raquel Chorão; Rui Castro; Rui Silva; Tânia Sousa; Teresa Mendes; on behalf of Peritoneal Dialysis’ Study Group of the Portuguese Society of Nephrology Introduction: Exit-site infection (ESi) prevention is a key factor in lowering the risk of peritonitis. This study...

...Kiyotaka Uchiyama; Naoki Washida; Ei Kusahana; Takashin Nakayama; Kohkichi Morimoto; Hiroshi Itoh Introduction: Despite excellent biocompatibility, insertion of silicone peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters can induce minor foreign body reaction, affecting long-term patient outcomes. We evaluated...

...Lin Zhang; Yuxin Nie; Man Guo; Li Wang; Yiqin Shi; Xiaotian Jiang; Xiaoqiang Ding; Xialian Xu; Jun Ji Introduction: The mortality of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients remains high. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), as an indicator of systemic inflammation, has been considered...

... to in the content or advertisements. Continuous renal replacement therapy Acrylonitrile-co-methallyl sulfonate surface-treated membrane Cytokines Gastrointestinal perforation Peritonitis Sepsis is a common and important problem characterized by organ dysfunction due to infection. Millions...

... to the progression of a local infection to sepsis. Previous studies demonstrate that LBP is detectable in peritoneal effluents of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and it is significantly elevated in PD patients with peritonitis caused by both GN and Gram-positive (GP) bacteria. Aim: The aim of this study...

...Wenyu Zhang; Xichao Wang; Ying Liu; Yingying Han; Jinping Li; Na Sun; Yangke Tu; Wenxiu Chang Background: The prognostic value of serum time-averaged albumin (TA-Alb) and time-averaged globulin (TA-Glo) combination on the peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is unknown. Methods...

...Cenk Gökalp; Faruk Yildiz; Simge Tuzun; Gorkem Karadag; Ilhan Kurultak; Sedat Ustundag Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis is one of the most important factors affecting the long-term success of PD. Adrenal insufficiency is a clinical manifestation of inadequate production...

...Yixin Luo; Yanlin Huang; Xiuyu Chen; Gang Meng; Yongsheng Zhang Background: The number of patients with peritoneal dialysis (PD) in China has been increasing year after year, but there are still some challenge in the management of PD patients, and the efficient and effective method has yet...

...Ana Rocha; Anabela Rodrigues; Laetitia Teixeira; Maria João Carvalho; Denisa Mendonça; António Cabrita Peritonitis remains a common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). The aim of this study was to analyze, in a PD center, long-term temporal trends in peritonitis rates, microbiology...

...Kuo-Hsiung Shu; Ya-Wen Chuang; Shih-Ting Huang; Chi-Hung Cheng; Ming-Ju Wu; Cheng-Hsu Chen; Tung-Min Yu Objective: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is involved in the disease process of peritonitis. We hypothesize that IL-1 gene polymorphism may have an impact on the occurrence of peritonitis in uremic...

...Beth Piraino; Heena Sheth Background/Aims: Peritonitis remains a significant problem for patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). There is a certain amount of controversy as to whether peritoneal modality is itself a risk factor for peritonitis, with one modality higher than another. Methods...

...Mark D. Winton; Dale Everett Infectious peritonitis continues to be the leading cause of morbidity in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Optimum management of CAPD-associated peritonitis requires a concerted effort toward the establishment of the specific agent causing...

...S. Lamperi; S. Carozzi The high peritonitis rate of a subgroup of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) may be due to alterations of peritoneal defense mechanisms, i.e. opsonization, phagocytosis and bacterial killing. It has been demonstrated that peritonitis incidence...

...Jacek Karoń; Alicja Połubinska; Artur A. Antoniewicz; Katarzyna Sumińska-Jasińska; Andrzej Bręborowicz Background/Aims: Peritonitis is one of the complications of peritoneal dialysis. We demonstrate the systemic and intraperitoneal anti-inflammatory action of sulodexide given systemically. Methods...

...Jose A. Diaz-Buxo A case report describing the evolution of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is presented to illustrate some of the functional and structural peritoneal membrane changes characteristic of this complication of peritoneal dialysis. The appropriate monitoring of peritoneal transport...

...Chia-Chun Wu; Pei-Fang Su; Shou-Shang Chiang Aims: To reduce peritoneal dialysis-related infections, Moncrief-Popovich (MP) designed a special catheter and implantation technique. Herein we report our experience of patients treated with the MP and conventional approach. Methods: A total of 214...

...A. Breborowicz; A. Polubinska; G. Wu; P. Tam; D.G. Oreopoulos Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) induces intraperitoneal inflammation and that process may be uremia. The goal of this study is to evaluate the effect of ure- mia on the kinetics of peritonitis and furthermore test the anti...

...Terhi A. Martikainen; Agneta V. Ekstrand; Eero O. Honkanen; Anna-Maija Teppo; Carola Grönhagen-Riska Background/Aims: Despite effective antibiotic therapy, peritonitis still remains a major problem in peritoneal dialysis (PD). The aim of the present study was to investigate changes of CRP...

... of peritoneal catheter reduced peritonitis rate when compared to retrospective data from patients with catheters placed by conventional access technique. A total of 60 patients were randomized into two groups: 30 patients had catheters left implanted subcutaneously for 6 weeks (I) and the other 30 patients had...