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Peritoneal Dialysis - Articles
Green Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid
by
Matt S.
Posted
Sun 31 Jan 2010 12:00am
the case that "appearance of green color in the peritoneal dialysate should lead to immediate investigation of the biliary tract in patients with our without abdominal symptoms... drainage of their peritoneum. They also presented with right upper quadrant pain and fever. Peritoneal white cell count was elevated with 84% neutrophils. The diagnosis
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Peritoneal Dialysis Color Coding
by
Matt S.
Posted
Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:00am
A quick one before the July 4th Weekend...
Peritoneal dialysis solutions are often color-coded based on the dextrose concentration. Dextrose is used as the osmotically-active agent. As it is partially absorbed, patients with diabetes have to watch out for elevated blood sugars. In addition, diabetic patients with extremely elevated blood sugars
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Q & A: Peritoneal Dialysis contracting & holiday entitlements
by
Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
Posted
Thu 28 May 2009 12:22am
Q: I have been asked to contact you regarding concerns over peritoneal dialysis contracting. following discussions of the North West Collaborative Procurement Hub. All... units about the recent withdrawal of Gambro from the UK peritoneal dialysis market leaving only Baxter and Fresenius. I believe there is work ongoing moving towards national
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Six years of normalcy - Peritoneal Dialysis Part 1
by
Kamal S.
Posted
Sun 03 Aug 2008 6:06pm
on thrice a week dialysis.
I had heard about Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) and also read about it on the internet. This was a modality of dialysis where a catheter is inserted.... It was an almost normal life.
I could almost see it happening in front of me. March 1999. Kamineni Hospital, Hyderabad's dialysis unit. It had been a few weeks since my graft nephrectomy
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NICE Guideline on Peritoneal Dialysis
by
Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
Posted
Wed 26 Jan 2011 12:00am
to make decisions about their care
Consider peritoneal dialysis as a first choice for adults aged under 60 years and children older than 2 years
If consideration is been given... to patients, and their families and carers, should include oral and written information about conservative care, pre-emptive transplantation and dialysis
The importance of ensuring
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the department of health meeting and peritoneal dialysis
by
golightly
Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 6:31pm
) about the changes that could be made to the pathway of peritoneal dialysis.
I have never really talked about my 3 and a half years on this type of dialysis in my blog... with my consultant at the time. I am aware that some people love PD, and it suits them perfectly so if you are reading this and you are about to choose this type of dialysis
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the department of health meeting and peritoneal dialysis
by
golightly
Posted
Thu 29 Jan 2009 10:20am
the department of health meeting and peritoneal dialysis
I attended a meeting the other day at the Department of Health (very posh building near the London Eye full of brainy doctory types doing lots of important medical research) about the changes that could be made to the pathway of peritoneal dialysis.
I have never really talked about my 3
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Six years of normalcy - Peritoneal Dialysis Part 4
by
Kamal S.
Posted
Mon 11 Aug 2008 9:08pm
. I could not have been more wrong.
The exit site puss culture identified the bacteria as the dreaded pseudomonas aeruginosa.
I had attended a medical conference on Peritoneal Dialysis about a year back sponsored by Baxter. Usually such conferences are attended by doctors and technicians. But I knew one of the senior executives in Baxter, Harish Natarajan
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