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Volume 30, Number 4

IMPACT OF THE BAG EXCHANGE PROCEDURE ON RISK OF PERITONITIS

Jie Dong and Yuan Chen
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 440–447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

 

 

RISK FACTORS FOR HIGH DIALYSATE GLUCOSE USE IN PD PATIENTS—A RETROSPECTIVE 5-YEAR COHORT STUDY

Hon-Yen Wu, Kuan-Yu Hung, Fu-Chang Hu, Yung-Ming Chen, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Jenq-Wen Huang, Kwan-Dun Wu, Tun-Jun Tsai
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 448–455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Volume 30, Number 3

IMPACT OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND PULSE PRESSURE EVALUATED AT THE START OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS ON CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN THE COURSE OF TREATMENT WITH PERITONEAL DIALYSIS

Seung Seok Han, Jeong Myung Ahn, Ho Jun Chin, Dong-Wan Chae, Kook Hwan Oh, Kwon Wook Joo, Yon Su Kim, Curie Ahn, Jin Suk Han, Suhnggwon Kim, Ki Young Na
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 300–310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PERITONITIS IN AUSTRALIAN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: PREDICTORS, TREATMENT, AND OUTCOMES IN 503 CASES

Sridevi Govindarajulu, Carmel Mary Hawley, Stephen P. McDonald, Fiona G. Brown, Johan B. Rosman, Kathryn J. Wiggins, Kym M. Bannister, David W. Johnson
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 311–319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Volume 30, Number 2

EARLY DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS FOR ENCAPSULATING PERITONEAL SCLEROSIS: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Denise E. Sampimon, Mario R. Korte, Deirisa Lopes Barreto, Anniek Vlijm, Rudy de Waart, Dirk G. Struijk, Raymond T. Krediet
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 163–169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TIME-DEPENDENT REASONS FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TECHNIQUE FAILURE AND MORTALITY

Inna Kolesnyk, Friedo W. Dekker, Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, Raymond T. Krediet
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 170–177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Volume 30, Number 1

THE EFFECTS OF PREVIOUS ABDOMINAL OPERATIONS AND INTRAPERITONEAL ADHESIONS ON THE OUTCOME OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETERS

Amir Keshvari, Mohammad Sadegh Fazeli, Alipasha Meysamie, Sepideh Seifi, Mohammad Kazem Nouri Taromloo
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 41–45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTERIAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AND PERITONEAL TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS INDEPENDENTLY PREDICT HOSPITALIZATION IN CHINESE PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS

Ni Gao, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Kai-Ming Chow, Kwok-Yi Chung, Wing-Fai Pang, Chi-Bon Leung, Philip Kam-Tao Li, Cheuk-Chun Szeto
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 80–85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Volume 29, Number 6

PERITONEAL SMALL SOLUTE CLEARANCE IS NONLINEARLY RELATED TO PATIENT SURVIVAL IN THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENT POPULATIONS

Markus Rumpsfeld, Stephen P. McDonald, David W. Johnson
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 637–646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Volume 29, Number 5

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC FINDINGS CHARACTERISTIC FOR ENCAPSULATING PERITONEAL SCLEROSIS: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Anniek Vlijm, Jaap Stoker, Shandra Bipat, Anje M. Spijkerboer, Saffire S.K.S. Phoa, Robbert Maes, Dirk G. Struijk, Raymond T. Krediet
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 517–522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RETROPERITONEAL LEAKAGE AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE ULTRAFILTRATION FAILURE: ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS

Man Fai Lam, Wai Kei Lo, Kai Chung Tse, Terrence P.S. Yip, Sing Leung Lui, Tak Mao Chan, Kar Neng Lai
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 542–547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Volume 29, Number 4

ICODEXTRIN IMPROVES METABOLIC AND FLUID MANAGEMENT IN HIGH AND HIGH-AVERAGE TRANSPORT DIABETIC PATIENTS

Ramón Paniagua, María-de-Jesús Ventura, Marcela Ávila-Díaz, Alejandra Cisneros, Marlén Vicenté-Martínez, María-del-Carmen Furlong, Zuzel García-González, Diana Villanueva, Oscar Orihuela, María-del-Carmen Prado-Uribe, Guadalupe Alcántara, Dante Amato
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 422–432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A COMBINED CRYSTALLOID AND COLLOID PD SOLUTION AS A GLUCOSE-SPARING STRATEGY FOR VOLUME CONTROL IN HIGH-TRANSPORT APD PATIENTS: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER STUDY

Philippe Freida, Belkacem Issad, Max Dratwa, Thierry Lobbedez, LieLing Wu, John K. Leypoldt, Jose Carolino Divino-Filho
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 433–442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]