This study compares patient and technique survival on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and other peritoneal dialysis (PD) modalities in relation to body size indicators, race, sex, and peritoneal transport characteristics. Data were abstracted from a PD adequacy database, with 354 patients subjected to analysis. Transfers between PD modalities were almost exclusively from CAPD to various offshoots of PD, mostly due to inadequate dialysis or inadequate ultrafiltration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTechnique survival in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) depends mostly on clearances in relation to body size and residual renal function (RRF). Our clinical impression has been that when RRF fails, larger patients leave CAPD sooner than smaller patients do. Peritoneal equilibration tests (PETs) and 24-hour adequacy evaluations performed in 277 patients in a single center from 1986 through 2009 were abstracted from the existing peritoneal dialysis adequacy database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis contributes significantly to morbidity and modalityfailure. The number of patients on PD is declining in Western countries, and peritonitis is a potential deterrent to the therapy. Here, we present a clinically significant decline in the rate of peritonitis at a single center over a 28-year period, with current rates significantly lower than the national average, and we review several factors that have contributed to those outcomes.
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