Consumer values, perspectives and experiences of psychological health when living with dialysis at home: An in-depth interview study
CONCLUSION: Consumers may experience intense psychological distress during home-based dialysis care. Increasing clinician and health services literacy about the management of psychological impacts of home-based dialysis may improve consumer safety, quality of life and sustainability of home treatment.PMID:37822201 | DOI:10.1177/08968608231202899 (Source: Peritoneal Dialysis International)
Source: Peritoneal Dialysis International - October 12, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Rachael C Walker Curtis Walker Annie Reynolds Rachel Haselden Sandra Hay Suetonia C Palmer Source Type: research
Systemic and local complement activation in peritoneal dialysis patients via conceivably distinct pathways
CONCLUSIONS: Our data reveal both systemic and local complement activation in PD patients. Furthermore, these two processes seem independent considering the involvement of different pathways and the lack of correlation.PMID:37794761 | DOI:10.1177/08968608231198984 (Source: Peritoneal Dialysis International)
Source: Peritoneal Dialysis International - October 5, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Bernardo Faria Mariana Gaya da Costa Anita H Meter-Arkema Stefan P Berger Carla Lima Catia P êgo Jacob van den Born Casper Fm Franssen Mohamed R Daha Manuel Pestana Marc A Seelen Felix Poppelaars Source Type: research
Vancomycin flushing reaction after intraperitoneal vancomycin: A case report
We report a case of a female peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient with a PD-related peritonitis who developed VFR after intraperitoneal administration of 2000 mg vancomycin. Seventy-five minutes after instillation, she developed flushing, a pruritic erythema on the upper body and swelling of the lips. Blood results revealed a vancomycin plasma concentration of 54.8 mg/L and a normal tryptase level. During a relapse of her PD-related peritonitis, vancomycin was successfully reintroduced in a 50% reduced dose. No symptoms of VFR developed, and the corresponding vancomycin plasma concentration was 33.6 mg/L. Intraperitoneal treat...
Source: Peritoneal Dialysis International - September 25, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Julia E M öhlmann Amely Mk Daza Zabaleta Matthijs van Luin Alferso C Abrahams Source Type: research
