Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an essential home-based treatment for end-stage kidney disease, known for enhancing patients' quality of life and being more cost-effective compared to hemodialysis. However, in Singapore, PD education lacks of standardization, with each unit adopting varied methods based on their own experiences and resources. To address this, our hospital developed a tailored four-day PD training program guided by the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis guidelines, adapted to meet local needs and resource availability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: New-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is uncommon in elderly patients. We report the case of a 71-year-old woman who was diagnosed with SLE based on clinical manifestations of fever, alopecia, bicytopenia, hepatomegaly, lymphadenopathy, glomerulonephritis, positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-double stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) antibody. Renal biopsy was consistent with lupus nephritis and excision biopsy of a right inguinal lymph node was initially reported as having features of reactive hyperplasia.
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