June 5, 2002 - The June issue of the American Journal of the Kidney Diseases (AJKD) has several articles on peritoneal dialysis:

"Patterns of infection in patients maintained on long-term peritoneal dialysis therapy with multiple episodes of peritonitis" - abstract from AJKD

"An opportune time to develop new strategies against repeat peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis?" - full-text editorial from AJKD

"Dialysis adequacy and transport test for characterization of peritoneal transport type in chinese peritoneal dialysis patients receiving three daily exchanges" - abstract from AJKD

"Prevalence of constipation in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients and comparison with hemodialysis patients" - abstract from AJKD

September 29, 2001 - Here are the latest scientific studies and papers on peritoneal dialysis:

"Effect of renal center characteristics on mortality and technique failure on peritoneal dialysis" - abstract from Kidney Int'l

"Should CAPD be the first choice for dialysis in Romania?" - news from NDT (Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation)

"Chronic peritoneal dialysis in octogenarians" - abstract from NDT

"The relation between nutrition indices and age in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis receiving similar small solute clearances" - abstract from Int'l Urology and Nephrology

"Creatinine Excretion in Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis: A Systematic Error of the Cockroft-Gault Formula" - abstract from AJKD

"Peritoneal Dialysis Fluids With a Physiologic pH Based on Either Lactate or Bicarbonate Buffer-Effects on Human Mesothelial Cells" - abstract from AJKD

September 21, 2001 - The October issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) has several articles on peritoneal dialysis:

"Increasing Peritoneal Contact Area During Dialysis Improves Mass Transfer" - abstract from JASN

"Chronic Uremia Induces Permeability Changes, Increased Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression, and Structural Modifications in the Peritoneum" - abstract from JASN

"Relative Contribution of Residual Renal Function and Peritoneal Clearance to Adequacy of Dialysis: A Reanalysis of the CANUSA Study" - abstract from JASN

Original CANUSA study paper: "Lower probability of patient survival with continuous peritoneal dialysis in the United States compared with Canada. Canada-USA (CANUSA) Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group." - June 1997 abstract from JASN/PubMED

Here is the RenalWEB Topic Page on Peritoneal Dialysis Adequacy.


[This message has been edited by Gary Peterson (edited 09-20-2002).]