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18/Nov/2024
18/Nov/2024
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024AO0980
Highlights ■ No baseline differences between the groups icodextrin versus glucose. ■ Icodextrin significantly improved ultrafiltration, extracellular water, and phase angle. ■ Mortality and technique survival did not differ between the groups during follow-up. ABSTRACT Objective: The efficacy of icodextrin versus glucose patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis remains unclear. The study was designed to compare the effects of once-daily long-dwell icodextrin versus glucose on markers of hypervolemia and survival among patients with kidney failure undergoing an unplanned initiation of automated peritoneal […]
Keywords: Glucose; Hypervolemia; Icodextrin; Peritoneal dialysis; Renal insufficiency, chronic; Survival; Urgent start
22/Jul/2024
22/Jul/2024
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024AO0627
Highlights Higher plasma levels of CCL2 and lower plasma levels of TNF-α are associated with a greater risk of transfer to hemodialysis or mortality. Lower levels of IL-17 in the dialysate are associated with a greater risk of transfer to hemodialysis or mortality. These findings suggest that inflammatory biomarkers can be valuable tools for predicting all-cause mortality and transfer to hemodialysis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to evaluate inflammatory biomarkers in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis […]
Keywords: Cytokines; Inflammation; Membranes; Mortality; Peritoneal dialysis; Peritoneum
01/Jul/2011
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082011RC2025
ABSTRACT Rhizobium radiobacter (Agrobacterium radiobacter) is an aerobic Gram-negative rod belonging to Agrobacterium genus, a group of phytopathogenic bacteria present in the soil that has been implicated in human opportunistic infections. We report a clinical case of bacterial peritonitis in a 5-year-old child with chronic renal disease in peritoneal dialysis, who had a history of direct soil contact identified. The infection was treated with ceftazidime and piperaciline+tazobactam without relapses or the need to remove the peritoneal dialysis catheter.
Keywords: Case reports; Child; Peritoneal dialysis; Peritonitis; Rhizobium radiobacter