期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (5)
Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) can offer patients more autonomy and flexibility compared with in-center hemodialysis (HD). However, burnout - de......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (3)
Background: Gut microbiota alters in patients with end-stage renal disease, which contributes to inflammation, atherosclerosis, and results in increas......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (4)
Lay summary Peritoneal dialysis (PD) uses the peritoneal membrane for dialysis. The peritoneal membrane is a thin layer of tissue that lines the abdom......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (2)
Objective: Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is used as a biomarker to monitor the chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) and high levels of ......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (2)
An increasing number of studies have focused on whether peritoneal dialysis (PD) can be used for the urgent initiation of dialysis in patients with ch......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (2)
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an effective treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. However, peritoneal fibrosis (PF) is a common complicati......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (1)
A simple, noninvasive method for removing peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters, called the "pull technique," has become popular in recent years. Physici......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (1)
Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis is a serious complication of PD, but routine microbiological culture is slow and could not id......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2021; 41 (1)
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is becoming a severe challenge to China and the whole world. By now, there is no report about medi......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2022; 42 (6)
Background: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) can improve pathogen identification in infectious diseases. Methods: A prospective parallel ......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2020; 40 (5)
Background: To investigate the value of effluent lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for early detection of gram-negative peritonitis (GNP) in peritoneal dialysi......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2020; 40 (6)
Background: Few studies evaluated over 5-year outcomes of dialysis patients. This study examined 10-year all-cause mortality and death-censored techni......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2020; 40 (6)
Background: This retrospective cohort study compared patient survival and technique survival between patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dial......
期刊: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 2020; 40 (6)
Background: Managing the burden of care for patients with chronic debilitating diseases is an important issue. Herein, we assessed the burden in prima......