Advantages of Peritoneal Dialysis in Chronic Renal Failure

Quantitation of the thrombocytopathy of uraemics may be one useful way of evaluating forms of therapy. 24 patients treated by haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis at two different times had platelet aggregation studies whose parameters were compared with those of 24 normal persons, 5 successful transplants or 13 untreated uraemics. Renal transplantation and peritoneal dialysis improved platelet function. The haemodialysis procedure itself impaired platelet function: this was not due to heparin.

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confidence: 60%

Effect of Peritoneal Dialysis, Haemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation on Blood Platelet Function

Nenci

Berrettini

Agnelli

et al. 1979

“…In fact, peritonitis was observed in 0.39% by Brewer el al. [5]; in 1.38% by Vidt et al [6]; in 0.61% by Tenckhoff et al [8] working on one of the best series of patients; in 0.56% by Counts et al [9]; in 0.4% by Rae and Pendray [10]; in 0.28% by Devine et al [ 1] and in 0.98% by Lankish el al. [7].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Short Daily Peritoneal Dialysis: 3 Years’ Experience

Giordano¹,

Santo²,

Cirillo³

1978

During the last 3 years 3,964 short daily peritoneal dialyses (71.4% at home) have been performed in 18 patients aged between 8 and 82 years. 6–10 liters of dialysate have been associated with high caloric-low protein (0.6 g/kg) diets. In 330 predialysis determinations serum urea was 1.30 ± 0.09 g/l and serum creatinine was 13.9 ± 1.9 mg/dl. The incidence of peritonitis was 0.18%. The control of anemia, plasma levels of proteins, albumins, transferrin, C-3c and C-4 were satisfactory. The data support the concept of a wider application of this dialysis technique, which may be extended to every uremic patient.

“…Medical literature, including that pub lished recently, contains many references re garding the improvement of the efficacy of peritoneal dialysis [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The success obtained in long-term peri toneal dialysis and the potential which this technique offers, especially in the large centers, justifies research into a simplification of the procedure [6][7][8],…”

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Acceleration of Peritoneal Dialysis with Simple Device

Paolo¹,

Acconcia²,

Manganelli³

1977

Peritoneal dialysis in acute and chronic renal failure has been greatly facilitated by the advent of Tenckhoff indwelling peritoneal catheters and by strict control of peritoneal infections. A number of reports on long-term treatment have been published. A simple device has been developed and tested for regular peritoneal dialysis in the hospital and in the home, in order to accelerate the time required. Employing a ‘single needle apparatus’, a rotary pump and a thermostatic heating unit, it is possible to carry out a very efficacious peritoneal dialysis, similar to the ‘continuous peritoneal dialysis’. The purpose of this paper is to discuss its use and its advantages in comparison with classic procedures.