Impact of telehealth interventions added to peritoneal dialysis-care: a systematic review.

Background: Telehealth could potentially increase independency and autonomy of patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Moreover, it might improve clinical and economic outcomes. The demand for telehealth modalities accelerated significantly in the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) argue against the limited use of peritoneal dialysis in end-stage renal disease .

Aim: Approximately 40% of dialysis patients are durably treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) in our teaching hospital. Patients' perspectives were studied by patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) to find possible explanations for why the generally-reported decline in the use of PD hardly occurred in our facility.

Materials And Methods: All 75 prevalent adult dialysis patients hemodialysis (HD) duration 27, PD 16 months) were included.

Syphilis: a reversible cause of nephrotic syndrome.

A patient in his late 30s presented with symptoms consistent with a nephrotic syndrome. Renal biopsy revealed membranous nephropathy. He also mentioned a spontaneous resolving 'rash' at his glans penis after unprotected intercourse.

Chronic renal failure is accompanied by endothelial activation and a large increase in microparticle numbers with reduced procoagulant capacity.

Background: In patients with chronic renal failure (CRF), cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of increased morbidity and mortality. We hypothesized a role for endothelial activation and microparticle (MP) numbers and procoagulant activity in the pre-thrombotic state of these patients.

Methods: We analysed blood samples of 27 patients with CRF [8 chronic kidney disease Stage 4 (CKD4), 9 peritoneal dialysis (PD) and 10 haemodialysis (HD), samples taken before and after HD] and 10 controls.

Herpes zoster-associated encephalitis in a patient undergoing CAPD: case report and literature review.

Neurological complications of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation have rarely been described in dialysis patients. We report a case of a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patient who developed herpes zoster encephalitis. The patient was treated with acyclovir and steroids and had a slow but complete return to her prior cognitive status.