Experience with Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis in Belgium

1980 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 54-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert H. Lameire ◽  
Marc De Paepe ◽  
Raymond Vanholder ◽  
Johan Verbanck ◽  
Severin Ringoir

This paper has reviewed experience in Belgium with 99 patients on CAPD. They represent 6-7% of all dialysis patients in this country. The principle reasons for selecting CAPD were old age, problems with vascular access and major cardiovas cular complications. Hemoglobin and hematrocrit values increased in all patients but preliminary measurements of red cell volume in some of them showed no change. Most patients showed moderate increases in serum triglycerides. In three non-diabetic patients with marked elevation in triglyceride levels, insulin, given intraperitoneally, prevented further increases. The frequency of peritonitis was still high; the average rate was one episode every 7.6 patient months. Other major complications included hypotension, which improved after the substitution of dialysate with a higher sodium concentration, severe respiratory disease and gangrene of the legs. After a mean follow-up of seven months, the death rate was 18% and the rate of technical success was 70%. The fact that most of our patients were in the high-risk category should be kept in mind when comparing these results with those obtained with other modes of treatment. At the end of 1978, a total of 1195 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were treated on either home or hospital dialysis in Belgium. There were 50 dialysis centers for a total population of 9.8 million. Of these 1195 patients, only seven were treated with either continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (2-4) or intermittent peritoneal dialysis. Since then and until July 1, 1980 the number of patients treated with CAPD in Belgium has increased to 99 and this paper describes our experience with these patients.

1981 ◽  
Vol 2 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Amair ◽  
Ramesh Khanna ◽  
Bernard Leibel ◽  
Andreas Pierratos ◽  
Stephen Vas ◽  
...  

Twenty diabetics with end-stage renal disease who had never previously received dialysis treatment were treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for periods of two to 36 months (average, 14.5). Intraperitoneal administration of insulin achieved good control of blood sugar Even though creatinine clearance decreased significantly (P = 0.001), contro of blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine was adequate. Hemoglobin and serum albumin levels increased significantly (P = 0.005 and 0.04 respectively). Similarly, there was a significant increase in serum triglycerides and alkaline phosphatase (P = 0.02 and 0.05). Blood pressure became normal without medications in all but one of the patients. Retinopathy, neuropathy, and osteodystrophy remained unchanged. Peritonitis developed once in every 20.6 patient-months a rate similar to that observed in nondiabetics. The calculated survival rate was 92 per cent at one year; the calculated rate of continuation on ambulatory peritoneal dialysis was 87 per cent.


1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 242-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theofanis Apostolou ◽  
Ram Gokal

Oiabetes mellitus is the commonest cause of end-stage renal failure and is associated with considerable morbidity. Neuropathy is one of the most serious complications of diabetes, linked to the incidence of nephropathy and retinopathy. The prevalence of neuropathy increases with age and duration of diabetes. Peripheral sensorimotor neuropathy is the main manifestation of neurological dam -age in diabetes, while autonomic neuropathy, a devastating complication, is also present in a large number of patients with long-term diabetes. Clinical features of autonomic neuropathy are mainly cardiovascular disorders and abnormal visceral function. One of the most important sequelae of neuropathy is the development of the insensitive foot at risk of ulceration, deformation, Charcot neuroarthropathy, and amputation. Prevention, education, and identification of the at-risk patient are the key elements in managing these severe complications. Oialysis, and mainly peritoneal dialysis, still remains the main renal replacement therapy for end-stage renal disease (ESRO) diabetic patients. It is obvious from many studies that diabetes and its complications are major risk factors associated with poorer survival rates, increased morbidity, and decreased quality of life. Few, if any, data are available specifically evaluating quality of life in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPO) diabetic patients. Fewer data are available estimating the impact of neuropathy on the quality of life of such patients. Specific studies must be carried out to further investigate quality-of-life issues and neuropathy in this vulnerable group of patients.


1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Mejia ◽  
Stephen W. Zimmerman

To determine the relative efficacy of hemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) we compared all diabetic patients starting these treatments between April 1978 and August 1983. There were 37 HD patients and 34 CAPD patients who were comparable in age and degree of systemic disease. In the CAPD group survival was 81% at one and three years, and in the HD group 76% and 400/() at one and three years (P < 0.05) respectively. Initially CAPD patients spent more days in the hospital for catheter placement and training but subsequently had fewer hospital days. Infections other than peritonitis and catheter related were more frequent in HD (P < .05) patients, as were access repairs (P < .05). Also we compared at one year 12 patients on CAPD to eight patients on HD. Although they were comparable in all respects at the start of therapy, at the end of follow-up (24 ± 3 mo HD, 27 ± 3.5 mo CAPD) all CAPD patients remained on CAPD while only three remained on HD. Also HD patients had spent more than twice as many hospital days/patient months as did CAPD patients (P < .01). We have concluded that CAPD compares favorably with HD as a renal replacement therapy for diabetic patients at our institution. In the last decade increasing numbers of diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have been accepted for various types of renal replacement therapy (1–17). Of these, hemodialysis (HD) has been carried out for the longest period and although results have improved, the mortality rates in diabetics are still higher than in nondiabetic populations (14–16). Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is a new and reportedly efficacious therapy for diabetic patients with ESRD. While some studies have suggested that CAPD has an advantage over HD, definite proof is lacking because many reports (1,2,7) included patients who were transferred from one form of dialysis to another or were started on dialysis after a renal transplant. Furthermore, few studies have compared CAPD with hemodialysis in the same institution. For these reasons at our affiliated institutions we did a retrospective study, which compared HD and CAPD as the primary form of therapy for ESRD due to diabetic nephropathy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Shin-Man Choy ◽  
Philip Kam-Tao Li

In Hong Kong, the average annual cost of haemodialysis (HD) per patient is more than double of that of peritoneal dialysis (PD). As the number of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has surged, it has posed a great financial burden to the government and society. A PD-first policy has been implemented in Hong Kong for three decades based on its cost-effectiveness, and has achieved successful outcomes throughout the years. A successful PD-first policy requires medical expertise in PD, the support of dedicated staff and a well-designed patient training programme. Addressing patients' PD problems is the key to sustainability of the PD-first policy. In this article, we highlight three important groups of patients: those with frequent peritonitis, ultrafiltration failure or inadequate dialysis. Potential strategies to improve the outcomes of these groups will be discussed. Moreover, enhancing HD as back-up support and promoting organ transplantation are needed in order to maintain sustainability of the PD-first policy.


Author(s):  
Julian L. Seifter

According to projections from the United States Renal Data Service (USRDS), 〉600,000 individuals in the United States will have end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by 2010. The leading cause of ESRD in the United State is diabetes, followed by hypertension. As the care of diabetic patients has improved, particularly in the area of cardiovascular disease, they are living through their cardiovascular complications long enough to develop ESRD. As a consequence, since the inception of the Medicare ESRD program. the dialysis population has gradually become older with increasing numbers of comorbid conditions. Renal replacement therapy in the form of hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis may serve as a bridge to the best form of renal replacement, renal transplantation. The demand for suitable kidneys for transplantation far exceeds the supply, leaving many patients on dialysis for extended periods of time.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukio Maruyama ◽  
Chieko Higuchi ◽  
Hiroaki Io ◽  
Keiichi Wakabayashi ◽  
Hiraku Tsujimoto ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Diabetes has become the most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) in most countries around the world. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is valuable for patients newly requiring RRT because of the preservation of residual renal function (RRF), higher quality of life, and hemodynamic stability in comparison with hemodialysis (HD). A previous systematic review produced conflicting results regarding patient survival. As several advances have been made in therapy for diabetic patients receiving PD, we conducted a systematic review of studies published after 2014 to determine whether incident PD or HD is advantageous for the survival of patients with diabetes. Methods For this systematic review, the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL databases were searched to identify articles published between February 2014 and August 2017. The quality of studies was assessed using the GRADE approach. Outcomes of interest were all-cause mortality; RRF; major morbid events, including cardiovascular disease (CVD) and infectious disease; and glycemic control. This review was performed using a predefined protocol published in PROSPERO (CRD42018104258). Results Sixteen studies were included in this review. All were retrospective observational studies, and the risk of bias, especially failure to adequately control confounding factors, was high. Among them, 15 studies investigated all-cause mortality in diabetic patients initiating PD and HD. Differences favoring HD were observed in nine studies, whereas those favoring PD were observed in two studies. Two studies investigated effects on CVD, and both demonstrated the superiority of incident HD. No study investigated the effect of any other outcome. Conclusions In the present systematic review, the risk of death tended to be higher among diabetic patients with ESRD newly initiating RRT with incident PD in comparison with incident HD. However, we could not obtain definitive results reflecting the superiority of PD or HD with regard to patient outcomes because of the severe risk of bias and the heterogeneity of management strategies for diabetic patients receiving dialysis. Further studies are needed to clarify the advantages of PD and HD as RRT for diabetic patients with ESRD.


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