Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) often develop protein energy malnutrition. Amino-acid-containing dialysate can compensate ... previously showed that PD fluid containing amino acids plus ...

have identified peritoneal dialysate white blood cell count as an accurate early predictor of treatment outcome. Several factors were predictive of treatment failure, including diabetes ...

Changes in Peritoneal Transport and Peritoneal Damage in Japanese Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis Using Neutral-pH Dialysate: A Retrospective Cohort Study at Two Centers.

A national conference and workshop on home peritoneal dialysis (HPD), organised ... A catheter delivers a special dialysate fluid into the abdomen, where it absorbs waste and extra fluid before ...