Background: Peritonitis is considered as one of the most serious complications that cause hospitalization in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD ... PD training at the ...
PROVIDENCE — Katelyn Holt has been a nurse for over a decade. Throughout her career, she has noticed that the catheters her patients receive fall short. A few years ago, Holt was driving home ...
According to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, peritoneal dialysis (PD ... care as well as ancillary services which include catheter insertion, outpatient treatment of PD-related ...
Even though the 59-year-old violinist and learning and development professional had heard this percussive snap hundreds of times—Thomas hooks up to the NxStage System One dialysis machine and ...
THE peritoneal membrane is used extensively as a dialyzing surface for the treatment of uremia, hyperkalemia, overhydration and poisoning with a variety of drugs. 1,2 It has also been utilized ...
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy for end-stage renal disease. Gut microbiota-derived uremic solutes, indoxyl sulfate (IS), p-cresyl sulfate (PCS), and trimethylamine-N-oxide ...
Figure 1. Cause of death in prevalent dialysis patients in the United States, 2005 to 2007. 1 AMI indicates acute myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVA, cerebrovascular accident.