Water Drinking Practices in ADPKD Patients: A Questionnaire Based Study.

Introduction: Patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) who have normal renal function (creatinine clearance, >90 ml per minute per 1.73 m of body-surface area) might potentially benefit from frequent water intake that would be sufficient to reduce plasma AVP levels and decrease the average urine osmolality, bringing it closer to that of plasma.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the patients of ADPKD, chronic kidney disease stages 1-5 were included.

Nephrology Postgraduate Training in Peritoneal Dialysis: An Online Survey.

Introduction: One of the reasons for the peritoneal dialysis (PD) underutilization is related to the training of nephrology postgraduates in PD. This notion is not yet investigated in our country.

Methods: We gathered the emails of the heads of the departments of nephrology of all medical colleges and the institutes, which impart DM nephrology post-graduation.

Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy: A Nonrenal Indication for Peritoneal Dialysis.

Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe muscle wasting, gastrointestinal dysmotility, leukoencephalopathy, peripheral neuropathy, and ophthalmoplegia. The pathogenesis involves the accumulation of very high concentrations of nucleosides dThd and dUrd along with depletion of nucleotide dCTP. One of the treatment measures is the removal of nucleosides dThd and dUrd by hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.