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Early Data from the Physidia Home HD Machine
The Physicia S3 is a new home HD machine in France that uses bagged fluid. A new proof-of-concept study enrolled 13 training centers and analyzed data from 80 patients and 249 treatment sessions. Dialysis dose, anemia, nutrition, and electrolytes were all adequately controlled.
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Tags: Physicia S3, Bagged Fluid, End stage Kidney Disease, Portable Artificial Kidney
Home-to-Home Dialysis Transition
When PD or home HD do not work out, people tend to end up in-center. In one clinic, of 911 home dialysis patients with technique failure, just 28 made a home-to-home transition over a 24-year period. Technique and patient survival were comparable, though hospitalizations and temporary in-center HD were common.
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Tags: Home Dialysis, In center, Technique Failure, Home to home Transition
Meta-analysis of Omental Procedures with PD Catheter Placement
Should removal (omentectomy) or fixation in place (omentopexy) of the curtain of omentum tissue be routine when a PD catheter is placed? In 15 studies (with low-to-moderate evidence), omental procedures reduced the risk of a need to remove the PD catheter. There were no differences in catheter malposition, migration, or peritonitis.
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Tags: Omentectomy, Omentopexy, Omentum Tissue, PD Catheter, Catheter Malposition, Migration, Peritonitis
Can People do Urgent Start PD and Intermittent PD?
Yes. Among 169 people starting PD urgently, 111 had fewer than four exchanges per day (intermittent) and 58 received full-dose PD. A year later, both groups had adequate PD and similar peritoneal transport, residual kidney function, blood pressure control, anemia management, and correction of bone minerals. Infections, complications, and technique survival were similar as well.
Read the abstract » | (added 2022-04-18)
Tags: Urgent Start PD, Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis, USPD, IPD
Frequent HD Reduces Recovery Time in SNF Patients
Getting at least 14 hours of HD per week and more frequent HD reduced recovery time in skilled nursing facility residents between 2019 and 2021. Among 2,309 people, 92% of those who had a mean of 4.3 weekly HD treatments recovered in 2 hours or less. The odds of short recovery time were even better with 5 treatments per week—and rapid recovery was linked with less risk of hospitalization or death.
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Tags: Recovery Time, HD, Frequent HD
What Didn’t Work to Grow Home Dialysis
Nine provinces in Canada and 55 CKD clinic clusters tried an intervention in 2014-2015 to increase use of home therapies. The 4-part intervention included phone surveys, a 1-year center-specific audit with feedback on home dialysis use, an educational package with tools for patients and providers, and an academic detailing visit. Using two different analyses, there were no differences between the clinics that did and did not use the intervention.
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The Impact of Vitamin D Levels on Quality of Life in PD
Fifty people on PD were divided into a normal vitamin D (>20 ng/mL) and a deficient vitamin D group (<20 ng/mL), and both groups took the KDQOL-36 quality of life questionnaire. All subscales of the KDQOL-36 were significantly lower in the vitamin D deficient group.
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Meta-analysis of Risk Factors for Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis
In data from 10 studies of 12,595 people, risk factors for EPS included younger age for starting PD, higher transport rates, longer PD duration, longer peritonitis duration, and history of glomerulonephritis.
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Tags: EPS, PD, Higher Transport Rates, Duration, Glomerulonephritis, EPS Risk Factors
PD Reduced Hospitalization 24% vs. In-center HD with a Catheter
In an 18-month retrospective study, 717 PD patients were matched 1:1 with in-center HD patients using central venous catheters. The matching also included cause of ESKD, race, diabetes status, and insurance. The hospitalization rate was 24% lower for those on PD, and mortality was 15% lower.
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Tags: PD, In center HD, Catheters, Cause Of ESKD, Race, Diabetes Status, Insurance, Hospitalization Rate, Mortality
Lipid Profiles Affect Residual Kidney Function on PD
A retrospective cohort study looked at 113 people who started PD from 2006 to 2017. Levels of HDL-C at PD start were independently linked with a change in renal Kt/V in the first year of PD.
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