September 5, 2006 — Nocturnal peritoneal dialysis (NPD) was effective in correcting sleep apnea in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in a fixed-intervention study ...

What do the Kidneys do? The kidneys work as a filtering unit for the blood in our bodies and help in excreting waste products from the blood stream. The kidney filters out waste products from the ...

Numerous studies with 24-h ABPM have been reported in haemodialysis and CAPD patients. However, there are limited numbers of studies comparing haemodialysis and CAPD treatments in respect to BP ...

Adhesions resulting from previous abdominal surgery can cause migration, kinking and obstruction of catheters in patients initiating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). These ...

Peritonitis is a frequent complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and the most common cause of CAPD failure. About 60% of patients receiving CAPD will have at least one ...

Many patients with end-stage renal disease have now been maintained for 5 years or more with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Viewed initially as an experimental alternative to be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Dialysis is a relatively high-cost treatment, with previous commentators estimating that the U.K. [National ...

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), who have to go on maintenance dialysis to extend their survival, have the option of hospital-based haemodialysis (HD) or home-based continuous ambulatory ...

Dr K Sampathkumar, Honorary Secretary, Indian Society of PD Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Madurai, elaborates on how PD is one of the choices available in the basket of renal replacement therapy, which ...

The nephrologists in the country are a little unhappy that the dialysis program of the country doesn’t include CAPD. If IRDA can convince the insurance companies for CAPD also to be provided with ...