CONTEXT In light of conflicting evidence of differential effects of dialysis modality on survival, patient experience becomes a more important consideration in choosing between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. OBJECTIVE To compare patient satisfaction with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis in a cohort of patients who have recently begun dialysis. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional s...

Adherence to therapeutic regimen is a major contributor survival in patients treated with dialysis. Determining the adherence level peritoneal dialysis (PD) regime has not been studied Sudan especially from patients’ perspective.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There are conflicting research results about the survival differences between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, especially during the first 2 years of dialysis treatment. Given the challenges of conducting randomized trials, differential rates of modality switch and transplantation, and time-varying confounding in cohort data during the first years of dialysis trea...

Peritonitis is a leading complication of chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. However, very rarely does Neisseria mucosa cause peritonitis. We describe an unusual case of N. mucosa peritonitis in a chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient. A 28-year-old Hispanic male presents with diffuse abdominal pain exacerbated during draining of the peritoneal fluid. Peritoneal fluid examination w...

This study aimed to investigate the influence of different peritoneal dialysis regimens on blood pressure control, the diurnal pattern of blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Forty-four patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis were enrolled into the study. Patients were treated with different regimens of peritoneal dialysis: 26 patients on continuou...

Around 5% of patients receiving renal replacement therapy in Spain are on peritoneal dialysis. Anatomical integrity of the peritoneum is essential since increased hydrostatic pressure due to peritoneal accumulation of dialysis fluid predisposes to abdominal or pelvic hernias or chest leakage via the embryonic pneumatoenteric recess.1 We report the case of a 3-year-old girl with a history of Fin...

Long-term peritoneal dialysis is accompanied by functional and histopathological alterations in the peritoneal membrane. In the long process of peritoneal dialysis, high-glucose peritoneal dialysis solution (HGPDS) will aggravate the peritoneal fibrosis, leading to decreased effectiveness of peritoneal dialysis and ultrafiltration failure. In this study, we found that the coincidence of elevate...

BACKGROUND The control of extracellular volume is a key parameter for reducing hypertension and the incidence of cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients. In recent years bioimpedance measurement (BIA) has been proven as a non-invasive and accurate method for measuring intracellular and extracellular fluid spaces in man. In addition, plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and cyclic guano...