... function (RKF) in patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and automated peritoneal dialysis (APD). Objectives and Method: Following an observational, multicenter design, we studied 493 patients initiating peritoneal dialysis (PD) in four different Spanish units. We explored...

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... association between the MMP/TIMP system, KYNs and CVD prevalence in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. Methods: We assessed MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1, TIMP-2, KYN and its metabolite – quinolinic acid (QA), and SOX marker – Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) levels in CAPD patients both...

... is available concerning the effect on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) therapy in pediatric patients. A significant number of patients with peritoneal dialysis (PD) develop an increased permeability for small solutes, which induces a faster absorption of glucose causing a chronic...

..., and hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in ESRD patients including those on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) [ 13, 14 ]. Maintaining the extracellular fluid and salt balance is a major challenge in dialysis patients, and especially in CAPD patients with minimal...

...R. Ram; G. Swarnalatha; P. Neela; K.V. Dakshina Murty Aims: The clinical features, treatment and outcome of fungal peritonitis (FP) in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients were examined. Methods: Dialysis records of all 303 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients initiated...

..., Conn., USA. Complete blood counts and blood chemistries were determined using routine automated methods. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis Erythropoietin Diabetes mellitus Oxidative stress Tissue factor Tissue factor pathway inhibitor Haemostasis abnormalities, which could...

... on dialysis (mean 158/ 87 mm Hg pre-RRT vs. 152/82 mm Hg post-RRT; p < 0.0001), and fewer antihypertensive agents were prescribed to control BP (mean 2.45 vs. 1.74) in this period (p < 0.0001). Moreover, patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (n = 50) had a better systolic BP control...

... (ESRD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in FMF-amyloidosis patients with ESRD. Methods: Forty age- and sex-matched patients undergoing CAPD at our centre between 1996 and 2002 were included in the study. Of these, 10 had FMF...