The pharmacokinetics of cefotiam (CTM) was investigated in 7 patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). One gram of CTM was infused either intravenously (i.v. group) or intraperitoneally (i.p. group). In the i.v. group, the serum concentration of CTM at 6 hours after infusion was 25.9 mg/L and the half-life value was 5.09 hours, while the peak value of CTM in dialysat...

226 peritoneal dialyses were performed on 100 patients. 28 patients presented with acute renal failure. Uraemia was the most frequent indication for dialysis. Peritonitis was an important complication and Acinetobacter species accounted for 51.5% of the positive cultures. Other complications included poor dialysate drainage and hypokalemia. Mortality was mainly due to causes unrelated to perito...

RATIONALE Achromobacter xylosoxidans infection is mostly reported in immunocompromised patients. Until now, it is still rarely reported in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. PATIENT CONCERNS This is the 1st case of A xylosoxidans infection due to tunnel infection of a Tenckhoff catheter. DIAGNOSIS The diagnosis was confirmed by the report of culture. INTERVENTIONS Risk factors for t...

This is a retrospective comparison of the status among the elderly (> or = 60 years, 23 patients) and younger patients (< 60 years, 31 cases) who initiated continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) between January 1986 and December 1992 at the National Taiwan University Hospital. The distribution of underlying renal diseases differed in the two groups with diabetes (56%) as the most comm...

BACKGROUND Irisin is a recently discovered myokine thought to be involved in multiple metabolism abnormalities in most dialysis patients. However, the myokine has not been thoroughly studied in peritoneal dialysis. This study aimed to evaluate serum irisin levels and establish their relation to dialysis adequacy, insulin resistance, and bone metabolism status in patients on peritoneal dialysis....

Introduction: Adequate and effective dialysis can improve patients’ quality of life reduce kidney failure complications mortality in end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate adequacy based Kt/V its related factors among patients undergoing Patients Methods: cross-sectional, multi-center was conducted during six months hemodialysis referred centers the Gu...

background: sleep quality is an important and determining factor in the quality of life in dialysis patients. although many chronic dialysis patients complain of poor sleep, we know little about its related factors. therefore, this study was designed to study sleep quality and its predictors among dialysis patients. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study carried out during augu...

background& objectives: hepatitis c virus is one of the recently  discovered viruses that tend to  cause chronic liver disease. hepatitis c is one of the most common types of viral  hepatitis, cirrhosis and carcinoma of liver in hemodialysis patients. the most important risk factors of  hepatitis c in dialysis patients are blood transfusion , duration of dialysis and  kidney transplantation .to...

BACKGROUND Infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among dialysis patients. Dialysis modality has been hypothesized to be a potential immunomodulatory factor. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of the first dialysis modality on the risk for infections on dialysis. METHODS Our study was conducted utilizing the Netherlands Cooperative Study on the Adequac...