Peritoneal lavage and dialysis is an approach to treat necrotizing acute pancreatitis as it removes dialyzable toxins and reduces severe metabolic disturbances. Successful catheter implantation is important for delivering adequate peritoneal lavage and dialysis. The aim of the present study was to describe a new modified percutaneous technique for the placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters ...

Racial differences have been reported among various groups with end-stage renal disease maintained on dialysis. In particular, patient survival on dialysis has been reported to be better in African-American patients than in Caucasian patients. Peritonitis rates and dropout from chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD) have been reported to be higher in African-American patients. We decided to review o...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The aim of this study was to evaluate the peritonitis-causing bacteria detected in peritoneal fluid using a blood culture bottle in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). METHODS One-hundred and eleven dialysates from 43 patients suspected of peritonitis related to CAPD were retrospectively evaluated between May 2000 and February 2008. In all cas...

BACKGROUND Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is not a very common modality to treat Iranian children with end-stage renal disease; however, there is sometimes no choice but to offer this therapy to salvage the patient. Obviously, promotion in each program needs re-evaluation to find the pitfalls. Therefore, a nation-wide survey on pediatric continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis was ...

After a single 500-mg intravenous dose of metronidazole, plasma and dialysate levels were measured over a 7.5-h period in five patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis for terminal renal failure. Approximately 10% of this dose was removed by dialysis during that period, and therapeutic levels were maintained in plasma. No routine adjustment in the dosage of metronidazole appears necessary in pat...

b) We found 23 (46.93%) episodes of peritonitis in conventional group and 6 (12.5%) episodes after modified percutaneous insertion (p value<0.05). Twenty episodes (41.67%) of catheter migration were observed in modified method and 3 episodes (6.122%) in conventional method (p value<0.05) but with significantly better CAPD duration (21.43+11.69 v/s 15.89+9.01) and significantly lesser incidences...

Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is rarely encountered as a pathogen causing peritonitis in adults. A 54-year-old woman who underwent continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for 8 years developed peritonitis due to C. meningosepticum. Although she received intravenous antibiotics with good in vitro activity against the organism, the fever and signs of peritonitis persisted. The Tenckhoff cath...

IT is probably premature to assess the ultimate place of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in the treatment of chronic renal failure. However, of the fact that it has come to stay, there can be little doubt. This discussion will be divided into two parts: the first, a short description of the state of the art in the United Kingdom in 1980. The second, a brief account of CAPD expe...

We extracted data from the French Speaking Registry of Peritoneal Dialysis and retrospectively studied peritonitis outcome 30 patients with polycystic kidney disease firstly treated peritoneal dialysis within our unit since 1997.&#x0D; There were 15 men women a mean age 54 years. Eighty-five per-cent had hepatic impairment. Ten did not suffer comorbidities. Charlson comorbidity index was greate...

Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Pakistani population and their influence is considerable in patients suffering from kidney diseases and undergoing dialysis (Haemodialysis/ Peritoneal). This study considered the total number of dialysis a patient received and the number of dialysis in a week with the chances of Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B infection....