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NDT Plus 2008 1(Supplement 4):iv14-iv17; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfn118
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© The Author [2008]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

This article appears in the following NDT Plus issue: Dialysis Initiatives May 2007, Berlin, Germany [View the issue table of contents]

Different treatment options in peritoneal dialysis

Roy van den Berg1, Trijntje T. Cnossen2, Constantijn J. A. M. Konings1, Jeroen P. Kooman2, Frank M. van der Sande2 and Karel M. L. Leunissen2

1 Department of Internal Medicine, St Catharina Hospital Eindhoven
2 Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands

Correspondence: Constantijn J. A. M. Konings, Catharina Ziekenhuis, Michelangelolaan 2, 5623 EJ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. E-mail: intskg{at}cze.nl


  Abstract

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are placed on dialysis while they await kidney transplantation. The mortality rate among patients with ESRD is high. This review outlines the importance of preservation of residual renal function (RRF) and supports the idea of the integrated care approach to uraemia where patients start on peritoneal dialysis (PD).

Key Words: fluid state • sodium sieving • residual renal function • peritoneal transport characteristics • icodextrin

Received for publication February 19, 2008. Accepted for publication June 19, 2008.


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