...Terry King-Wing Ma; Kai Ming Chow; Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan; Jack Kit-Chung Ng; Agnes Shin-Man Choy; Vickie Wai-Ki Kwong; Wing-Fai Pang; Chi Bon Leung; Philip Kam-To Li; Cheuk Chun Szeto Background: Catheter malfunction is an important cause of technique failure for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients...

... recent therapeutic approaches, and the role of diuretics, albumin infusions and immunizations in patients with the nephrotic syndrome are reviewed. The etiology of peritonitis, acute renal failure, and renal transplantation are re-examined to update nephrologists on the associated complications...

...Ching-Yuang Lin; Chiou-Chyn Lin; Tung-Po Huang In this study, we investigated whether peritoneal dialysate interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-8 levels were elevated during peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, with special reference to the high peritonitis occurrence...

...Ching-Yuang Lin; Tung-Po Huang This study was to evaluate whether peritoneal loss of vitamin D metabolites during peritonitis leads to more depletion of 1,25-hydroxycholecalciferol [1,25(OH) 2 D 3 ] and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol [25(OH)D] in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients...

...Margaret Stein; Jerome F. Levine; William Black This report describes the first successful treatment of an adult on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis with Aspergillus peritonitis. The published literature is also reviewed. Early removal of the peritoneal catheter combined with antifungal...

...R.A. Mactier; H. Moore; R. Khanna; J. Shah The intraperitoneal route is frequently used for the administration of insulin in diabetic continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. However, there is conflicting evidence as to whether the dosage of intraperitoneal insulin should be increased...

...Władysław Sułowicz; Roman Pawlicki; Zygmunt Hanicki; Tadeusz Cichocki Peroxidase activity was assessed cytochemically in macrophages from peritoneal dialysate of 50 patients with terminal renal failure treated by intermittent peritoneal dialysis. In 22 patients cells were harvested for the second...

...Antonio Scalamogna; Amedeo De Vecchi; Claudia Castelnovo; Luisella Guerra; Claudio Ponticelli Our experience of peritonitis in 156 patients over an 8-year period represents 186 episodes of peritonitis and 4,964 patient-months of CAPD. The incidence of peritonitis was significantly greater (1...

...Michel Goldman; Peter Vandenabeele; Jean Moulart; Zoulika Amraoui; Daniel Abramowicz; Joëlle Nortier; Jean-Louis Vanherweghem; Walter Fiers Interleukin-6 (IL-6) was determined in serum and peritoneal dialysis effluent (PDE) of patients on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD...

...M. Beaman; L. Solaro; R.J.S. McGonigle; J. Michael; D. Adu 102 episodes of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) peritonitis were studied prospectively during a 288-day perod at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. Organisms were isolated from 76% of the episodes, with coagulase...

...Lazaro Gotloib; Avshalom Shustak; Jose Jaichenko Previous studies showed that murine septic peritonitis induced a substantial reduction of the anionic site density distribution in mesenteric and diaphragmatic microvessels. The present study shows that acute experimental septic peritonitis induces...

...Antonia M. Harford; Domenic.A. Sica; Teresa Tartaglione; Ronald E. Polk; Harry P. Dalton; Wesley Poynor Peritonitis has proven to be the major deterrent to the further growth of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as a treatment strategy for end-stage renal disease. The correct...

... supply of dextrose in the dialysis fluid. Albumin, transferrin, prealbumin and retinol-binding protein decreased in 8 patients who intermittently ate less than 1.3 g protein/kg/day. A high concentration of dextrose in the dialysis fluid probably caused loss of appetite. Peritonitis resulted in increases...

...Silvano Lamperi; Silvia Carozzi Our study was designed to see if peritoneal macrophages (PM) of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) uremic patients, by weaking local defense, could contribute to an increase of peritonitis incidence. Coincubation of nonadherent control responding cells...

...N. Di Paolo; G. De Sacchi; M. De Mia; E. Gaggiotti; L. Capotondo; P. Rossi; M. Bernini; A.M. Pucci; L. Ibba; P. Sabatelli; C. Alessandrini In the last 3 years we performed 52 peritoneal biopsies (PB) in 31 patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Samples of the parietal...

...B. Prowant; K. Nolph; L. Ryan; Z. Twardowski; R. Khanna Experiences with peritonitis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) program at a single center over 8 years were reviewed. Home-acquired peritonitis rates have been less than 1 episode per patient year since 1982. Gram-positive...

...Bahar Bastani; Kathryn Freer; Deborah Read; Sandy Bailey; Ruth Ann Sherman; Marlean Davis; Darial Engels; F.B. Westervelt, Jr. Eight patients with end-stage renal failure on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), who developed peritonitis, received an intraperitoneal dose of vancomycin...

...George R. Bailie; Ross Morton; Leela Ganguli; Maeve Keaney; Stephen Waldek A clinical and pharmacokinetic study was carried out to determine whether an intraperitoneal (IP) loading dose of vancomycin was as effective as an intravenous (IV) load in the treatment of continuous ambulatory peritoneal...

...M. Pocheville; B. Charpentier; J.F. Brocard; S. Benarbia; M. Hammouche; D. Fries A case of Candida peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) which recovered with intraperitoneal 5-fluorocytosine alone is reported. This seems to be the first case of fungal peritonitis...

...Richard D. Swartz The present report summarizes the mechanical and infectious complications attributable to the devices and procedures used for chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD), comparing the type and frequency of such complications in contemporaneous groups of patients undergoing continuous...