The Influence of Glucose Exposure Load and Peritoneal Membrane Transport on Body Composition and Nutritional Status Changes after 1 Year on Peritoneal Dialysis.

Background: The characteristics of peritoneal membrane transport differ among patients, affecting the prescription of peritoneal dialysis (PD) modality and glucose exposure in order to achieve an effective dialysis. This study aims to verify the influence of glucose exposure load and peritoneal membrane transport on body composition and nutritional status changes after the first year of PD.

Methods: We examined a cohort of 85 incident PD patients during the first year of treatment.

Translation and adaptation to Portuguese of the haemodialysis patient assessment tool - CUDYR-DIAL.

Objective To translate and culturally adapt the tool Categorización de usuario según dependencia y riesgo en unidades de hemodiálisis (CUDYR-DIAL) into Brazilian Portuguese. Method This is a methodological study for the translation and cultural adaptation or localization of the instrument CUDYR-DIAL. Results In the pre-test stage, three nurses applied the instrument to 78 patients of the haemodialysis unit of the São Lucas Hospital of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Correlation between the TISS-28 and NEMS indicators in an intensive care unit.

Cross-sectional study aimed to analyse and compare the correlation between the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS)-28 and Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower Use (NEMS) indicators with a sample of 725 patients, for which data was collected from the computerized system of a university hospital. The findings of the present study well demonstrated a strong correlation between the TISS-28 and NEMS, both at the time of patient admission and discharge (0.888 and 0.

[Assessment of body weight changes in patients on peritoneal dialysis].

This study had as its main objective to assess the variation in body weight of patients on peritoneal dialysis (DP) during the first year of treatment and as a secondary goal to identify patients with criteria for metabolic syndrome (SM). Observational study conducted with 35 patients of a university hospital. Data were collected on the clinical and demographic status, change of body weight and criteria for SM from the sample.

[Adherence to pharmacological treatment in adult patients undergoing hemodialysis].

Introduction: Adherence to treatment in patients on hemodialysis is not a simple process. Strategies to promote adherence will meet the need for improvements in the process of orientation concerning the disease and its pharmacological treatment.

Objectives: To identify compliance with pharmacological treatment of patients on hemodialysis and the main factors related to it we used the Adherence Scale.

[Evaluation of an educational program on calcium and phosphorus metabolism for patients on hemodialysis].

This cohort study evaluated the effects of an educational program about metabolism and control of serum levels of calcium (Ca), phosphorus (PO4), parathormone (PTH), Ca x PO4 product on 33 stable patients on hemodialysis. Patients were randomized into two groups: control (n = 17) and intervention (n = 16). The control group received information on vascular access.

Streptococcus agalactiae: a rare peritoneal infection in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient.

Streptococcus agalactiae causes a rare and often fatal peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). A 52-year-old white female with Alport and chronic kidney disease was initiated on CAPD treatment. Nineteen months later she had a S.