Peritoneal Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure in Multiple Myeloma

This report describes five subjects with endstage renal failure due to multiple myeloma. All of the patients died within seven months of commencing chronic peritoneal dialysis. Complications were frequent during the dialysis period. Our experience supports the opinion that patients with multiple myeloma and a high tumour cell mass should not be offered dialysis.

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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in patients with renal failure due to multiple myeloma

International Urology and Nephrology ◽

10.1007/s11255-006-9160-z ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 629-633 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mufazzal Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Multiple Myeloma ◽

Renal Failure ◽

Peritoneal Dialysis ◽

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

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Evolving Treatments in Multiple Myeloma Patients with Renal Failure

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials ◽

10.2174/1574887109666141020163107 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 276-279

Author(s):

Alessandro Gozzetti ◽

Giulia Papini ◽

Veronica Candi ◽

Monica Bocchia

Keyword(s):

Multiple Myeloma ◽

Renal Failure

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Letter to the Editor: “Peritoneal Dialysis in Leptospirosis-Induced Acute Renal Failure: An Appraisal on Thai Patients”

Renal Failure ◽

10.1080/08860220500531302 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 201-201 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Viroj Wiwanitkit

Keyword(s):

Renal Failure ◽

Acute Renal Failure ◽

Peritoneal Dialysis ◽

Letter To The Editor

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Overview of blood purification in uremia

The International Journal of Artificial Organs ◽

10.1177/039139888000300402 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 203-208

Author(s):

B.T. Burton

Keyword(s):

Renal Failure ◽

Peritoneal Dialysis ◽

Renal Transplantation ◽

Rejection Rate ◽

Blood Purification ◽

Maintenance Hemodialysis ◽

Dialysis Patients ◽

Transplant Patients ◽

Maintenance Dialysis ◽

Transplanted Kidneys

Today, management of irreversible renal failure is based primarily on maintenance hemodialysis and renal transplantation with a growing minority of patients treated by peritoneal dialysis. With regard to renal transplantation — the early promise of renal transplantation in the mid 1960's has given way to the realities of the late 1970's. There have been no major changes in the rejection rate of transplanted kidneys in recent years though today's mortality of transplant patients is considerably reduced over what it used to be. Moreover, universally the lack of availability of a sufficient number of organs for transplantation poses a formidable problem. It is all too apparent that current methods of blood purification in uremia are far from optimal. Even though the mortality in maintenance dialysis is relatively low, hemodialysis is characterized by a variety of complications and most maintenance dialysis patients are not optimally rehabilitated.

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