One of the welcome side-effects of doing your own urine sediment examination is having easy access to a microscope and some basic lab equipment. This allows you to examine all sorts of things besides urine (Fig. 1). For…
Date & Location: Friday, October 1, 2021, 8:15 AM – 4:00 PM EST, Internet – Live Course Overview Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) is a one day live virtual conference on home dialysis, sponsored by the Icahn School…
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Annual Symposium on “Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis” will be held on September 25th, 8 AM – 5 PM ET. Register here ($25 for fellows). Find the agenda below and download…
Despite its many benefits, peritoneal dialysis (PD) uptake is quite poor in many countries. For example, in Malaysia, around 12% of all patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) are on PD). One barrier to use of this…
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters are one of the most successful long-term transcutaneous access devices ever used in medical practice. The catheter, if successfully placed can provide successful dialysis for years. For the above to be accomplished, various components…
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment began much earlier than hemodialysis but was not successful due to the many complications associated with it and the difficulties with access to the peritoneal cavity. It was in 1946 that Dr. Fine and…
Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS) is an extremely rare, but devastating possible complication of peritoneal dialysis. The International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) defines it as a “syndrome continuously, intermittently, or repeatedly presenting with symptoms of intestinal obstruction caused…
While there are less morbidity and mortality associated with peritonitis than sepsis and bacteremia, peritonitis is still a major cause of peritoneal dialysis technique failure and mortality is not negligible. Many measures have been studied and are now…
Hey doc, my effluent looks kinda like milk…would it taste good with cookies? Chyloperitoneum is a rare cause of cloudy or even outright white milky effluent. This classic appearance is due to the presence of chylomicrons in a…
In the differential diagnosis of inadequate ultrafiltreation, one of the possible entities is a dialysate leak. The more insidious leak will present with weight gain and decreased drain volumes as the dialysate leaks into different planes/potential spaces and…
