Overview of hemodialysis treatment funded by the Brazilian Unified Health System--An economic perspective.

Introduction: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a public health problem and, in Brazil, lacks of data on one of the main treatments, hemodialysis, are still identified.

Objective: To determine, through description of resources used in ESRD treatment and its complications, the cost associated to hemodialysis and supplementary medical therapy in patients attended by Brazilian Public Health (SUS).

Methods: Methods of cross-sectional and prospective cohort observational analysis were conducted using public data, where information about inpatient and outpatient resource use and patients' characteristics were collected.

The relationship between ultrafiltrate volume with icodextrin and peritoneal transport pattern according to the peritoneal equilibration test.

Objective: To establish a relationship between peritoneal transport membrane pattern, analyzed by the peritoneal equilibration test (PET), and drained volume using icodextrin (7.5% Ico) and glucose (3.86% Glu) solutions.