Adequate dialysis and withdrawal in CAPD.

Peritonitis-related deaths in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.

A total of 636 episodes of peritonitis occurred in 440 patients who entered our continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) program from September 1977 to February 1988. Sixteen patients (8 male and 8 female, aged 37-77 years) died during an episode of peritonitis (fatality rate 2.5%). They had been on CAPD for 3 to 105 (average 39) months. Six of them were diabetics. The peritonitis rate ...

Listeria monocytogenes peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)

Respiratory muscle strength during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic renal failure (CRF) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) on respiratory muscle function. Global respiratory muscle strength was assessed by measuring mouth pressures during maximum static inspiration (PIMAX) near residual volume (RV) and expiration (PEMAX) near total lung capacity (TLC), in 26 patients. Maximum p...

Beta-2 microglobulin removal during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

Beta-2 microglobulin (B2M) handling in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was characterized in acute and chronic clinical studies. Average clearance rate was 0.7 mL/min and mean mass transfer coefficient, KoA, was calculated to be 0.95 cm2/min; these values are in the range expected from extrapolation of published data for other large solutes. In chronic studies with both anuric a...

Early dialysis initiation and rates and timing of withdrawal from dialysis in Canada.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The number of elderly patients and those with higher estimated GFR (eGFR) initiating dialysis have recently increased. This study sought to determine rates of withdrawal from dialysis and variables associated with withdrawal. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Canadian Organ Replacement Registry data were used to examine withdrawal rate and identify variab...