Publications by authors named "Agnieszka Grzejszczak"
Introduction: Despite continuous improvement in the treatment, heart failure (HF) is a growing health problem and a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the world. There is some positive experience with the removal of the fluid excess via peritoneum in those patients, regardless of their renal function. The aim of this single center pilot study was to assess the efficacy of peritoneal ultra filtration (PUF) with a nightly 12-h exchange in the long-term treatment of refractory HF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe peritoneal dialysis (PD) urgent-start pathway, without typical 2-week break-in period, was meant for late-referral patients able and prone to join PD-first program, with its main advantages such as: keeping the vascular system intact, preserving their residual renal function and retaining life-style flexibility. We compared the short- and long-term outcomes of consecutive 35 patients after urgent- and 94 patients after the planned start of PD as the first choice. The study included all incident end-stage renal disease patients starting PD program between January 2005 and December 2015, classified into two groups: those with urgent (unplanned) and those with elective (planned) start.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Whipple disease is a rare systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whippelii that usually manifests with joint pain, weight loss, diarrhoea and abdominal pain. However, in some cases the infection may involve other organs and tissues.
Case Presentation: We report on a 44-year-old man with Whipple disease which led to renal amyloidosis and end-stage renal failure.
Unlabelled: Fungal peritonitis is a serious complication causes significant morbidity and mortality for patients on peritoneal dialysis. We reviewed our fungal peritonitis cases to analyse clinical features, treatment and predisposing factors.
Methods: Records of all peritonitis episodes were reviewed.