Articles
Peritoneal Dialysis
Clearance
- CANUSA: observational study on total Kt/V and nutrition on mortality
- REANALYSIS of CANUSA: importance of residual kidney Kt/V
- ADEMEX: mortality effects of increasing Kt/V
- HONG KONG STUDY: effects of different Kt/V targets on survival
- Review of incremental vs standard PD
Peritoneal Membrane and Ultrafiltration
- Anatomy of peritoneal membrane in the setting of PD
- Difference in clearance of small vs large molecules
- Transport rates of different osmotic solutions
- Icodexrin vs 4.25% dextrose
- Sodium sieving
- Ultrafiltration predicts survival
- Peritoneal resting for ultrafiltration failure
- ISPD recommendations for membrane dysfunction
Infections
- ISPD recommendations for catheter-related infections
- ISPD recommendations for peritonitis
- PROMT study: importance of timely antibiotic therapy in peritonitis
- IP vs IV Antibiotics for peritonitis: a meta analysis
- Patient characteristics after peritonitis
- Role of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis
- Fungal prophylaxis with fluconazole
- Nasal mupirocin prevents S. aureus ESI
- Topical mupirocin vs gentamicin
PD catheter
Miscellaneous
- Rate of decline in kidney function slows down once patients started on PD
- Incremental PD helps preserve residual kidney function
- 3 vs 4 exchanges on residual kidney function
- Survival characteristics of anuric patients on PD
- How to start urgent start PD
- Urgent start PD clinical outcomes
- The role of tidal PD
- Integrated home dialysis: evaluating the PD + HHD model
Home Hemodialysis
Prescription Vascular Access
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