Association between physical activity and quality of life in haemodialysed and peritoneal dialyzed patients in Hungary by Enikő Király, Gergő József Szőllősi, Zoltán Jenei, István Kárpáti

“…Background Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) or haemodyalisis (PD) appear to be less physically active than healthy persons, a situation that could lead to reductions in quality of life. …”
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Evaluation of Health-related Quality of Life in Regular Hemodialysis Patients Using the KDQOL-SFTM Questionnaire by Eliseo Capote Leyva, Raydel Argudín Selier, Salvador Roberto Mora González, Lázaro Capote Pereira, Idrissa Leonard Rupalé, Yosvany Moret Hernández

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional study was conducted in chronic renal failure patients undergoing regular hemodialysis in the hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis service of the Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital from January through February 2013. …”
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Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy: A Case Series and Review from an Inner-City Tertiary University Center in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy by Mohamed Omer, Zeenat Yousuf Bhat, Nanette Fonte, Nashat Imran, James Sondheimer, Yahya Osman‐Malik

“…Twenty-one patients were on hemodialysis, two patients received renal transplants, and one patient was on peritoneal dialysis. Diabetes mellitus was the most prevalent cause of ESRD. …”
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Good practices for dialysis education, treatment, and eHealth: A scoping review. by Anita van Eck van der Sluijs, Sanne Vonk, Brigit C van Jaarsveld, Anna A Bonenkamp, Alferso C Abrahams

“…The good practices for education endorse the importance of providing complete and objective predialysis education, assisting peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in adequately performing PD, educating hemodialysis (HD) patients on self-management, and talking with dialysis patients about their prognosis. …”
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Physical activity and exercise recommendations for people receiving dialysis: A scoping review. by Kelly Lambert, Courtney J Lightfoot, Dev K Jegatheesan, Iwona Gabrys, Paul N Bennett

“…Two were specific to pediatric dialysis and three to peritoneal dialysis. Whilst many publications provided recommendations on aerobic exercise, progressive resistance training and flexibility, few provided explicit guidance. …”
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Prevalence of Hypercalcaemia in a Renal Transplant Population: A Single Centre Study by Tony Amin, P. Toby Coates, Jeffrey Barbara, Paul Hakendorf, Nazmul Karim

“…Prevalence was similar in those that had haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis pretransplantation. Hypercalcaemia in the renal transplant population was not secondary to suboptimal allograft function but secondary to pretransplantation hyperparathyroidism with persistent high parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels after transplantation. …”
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Impact of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis on Long-Term Patient Outcome: Single Center Study by Daniella Levy Erez, Irit Krause, Amit Dagan, Roxana Cleper, Yafa Falush, Miriam Davidovits

“…Twenty-five (22.7%) received peritoneal dialysis, 59 (53.6%) hemodialysis, and 6 (23.6%) both modalities sequentially. …”
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The present status of dialysis patients in Asian countries as of 2022 from a medical economic point of view by Toru Hyodo, Nobuhito Hirawa, Takahiro Kuragano, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Shunichiro Urabe, Saruultuvshin Adiya, Khurtsbayar Damdinsuren, Bukhchuluu Munaa, Alimaa Yondontsamts, Ariunbold Jamba, Munkhzul Dolgorsuren, Oyunchimeg Maamkhuu, Chuluuntsetseg Dorj, I. Gde Raka Widiana

“…This puts pressure on national healthcare budgets and gives rise to concerns about the sustainability of dialysis care in the future. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is less expensive than hemodialysis (HD) in Mongolia and Indonesia, and a PD-first policy is considered effective in reducing costs. …”
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Cardiopulmonary fitness in children/adolescents with chronic kidney disease and the impact of exercise training: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational study and ra... by Fan Zhang, Yan Bai, Liuyan Huang, Yifei Zhong

“…Except for pre-dialysis CKD patients, peritoneal dialysis, haemodialysis and kidney transplant recipients had significantly lower cardiorespiratory fitness than healthy controls. …”
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Phosphate binder in dialysis: a cross-sectional study of patients' adherence and pill burden by Brunelle Bruna Scavello Coelho Ferezin, Luiza Karla Ramos Pereira de Araújo, Carolina Marquez Lima, Hugo Abensur, Benedito Jorge Pereira, Maria Aparecida Dalboni, Rosa Maria Affonso Moyses, Rosilene Motta Elias

“…Logistic regression showed that female sex (HR 3.30, 95% CI: 1.39–7.84, p = 0.007) and hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis (HR 4.55, 95%, CI: 1.26–16.39, p = 0.021) remained independently associated with a non-adherence behavior. …”
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Are the Mesothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, Sclerotic Peritonitis Syndromes, and Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis Part of the Same Process? by Jesús Loureiro, Guadalupe Gónzalez-Mateo, José Jimenez-Heffernan, Rafael Selgas, Manuel López-Cabrera, Abelardo Aguilera Peralta

“…Mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (MMT) is an autoregulated physiological process of tissue repair that in uncontrolled conditions, such as peritoneal dialysis (PD), can lead to peritoneal fibrosis. …”
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Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Children with Diarrhea-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Single Center 16 Years of Experience by Silviu Grisaru, Melissa A. Morgunov, Susan M. Samuel, Julian P. Midgley, Andrew W. Wade, James B. Tee, Lorraine A. Hamiwka

“…In our cohort, all but one patient were started on peritoneal dialysis (PD). Most patients, 47 (81%), received acute PD on a pediatric inpatient ward. …”
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Medication burden in patients with dialysis-dependent CKD: a systematic review by Xuemei Liu, Ping Chen, Yun Liu, Xiaoyan Jia, Dongmei Xu

“…The combined pill burden was 14.57 ± 7.56 per day in hemodialysis (HD) patients and 14.63 ± 6.32 in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The combined number of medications was 9.74 ± 3.37 in HD and 8 ± 3 in PD. …”
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Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO) Plasma Levels in Patients with Different Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease by Marcia Ribeiro, Julie Ann Kemp, Ludmila Cardozo, Drielly Vargas, Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves, Peter Stenvinkel, Denise Mafra

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study assessed TMAO plasma levels in non-dialysis CKD patients (ND), patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD), and peritoneal dialysis (PD). TMAO plasma levels were assessed by liquid chromatography coupled to triple mass spectrometry quadrupole. …”
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Prevalence of Depression and Sleep Disorders in Patients on Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qatar by Fadwa Al-Ali, Mostafa Elshirbeny, Abdullah Hamad, Ahmad Kaddourah, Tarek Ghonimi, Rania Ibrahim, Tarek Fouda

“…This prospective cross-sectional study included adult ESRD patients receiving either hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD) in the main tertiary dialysis unit in Qatar. …”
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Aortic Stiffness, Left Ventricle Hypertrophy, and Homogeneity of Ventricle Repolarization in Adult Dialyzed Patients by Tomasz Zapolski, Andrzej Jaroszyński, Anna Drelich-Zbroja, Anna Wysocka, Jacek Furmaga, Andrzej Wysokiński, Andrzej Książek, Małgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska, Sławomir Rudzki

“…Study group was consisted of 120 dialyzed patients; 57 (age 50,7±7,1) were on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and 73 (age 51,6±7,6) were hemodialyzed (HD). …”
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Integrated serum metabolomics and network pharmacology reveal molecular mechanism of Qixue Huazheng formula on peritoneal fibrosis by Xiaohui Meng, Xiaohui Meng, Li Sheng, Yongqing You, Yongqing You, Huibo Dai, Manshu Yu, Funing Wang, Funing Wang, Ziren Zhou, Ziren Zhou, Yun Shan, Meixiao Sheng

“…BackgroundPeritoneal fibrosis (PF) causes peritoneal dialysis (PD) withdrawal due to ultrafiltration failure. …”
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Case report: Novel ACTN4 variant of uncertain significance in a pediatric case of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome requesting kidney transplantation by Ignacio Alarcón, Carolina Peralta, Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi, Maykol Araya Castillo, Francisco Cano, Francisco Cano, Angélica Rojo, María Luisa Ceballos, María Luisa Ceballos, Paola Krall, Paola Krall

“…At the age of 12, he reached ESKD and initiated peritoneal dialysis, experiencing an episode of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. …”
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Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Training in Improving Outcomes for Dialysis Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xin Kang, Yiping Zhang, Chaonan Sun, Jiaxin Zhang, Zhe Che, Jinhui Zang, Rongzhi Zhang

“…Despite these advantages, VR remains underused among peritoneal dialysis patients compared with hemodialysis patients. …”
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Impact of iron chelation with deferasirox on telomere length and oxidative stress in hemodialysis patients: A randomized study by Blanca Olivia Murillo Ortiz, Joel Ramírez Emiliano, Marcos Javier Romero Vázquez, Lauro Fabián Amador Medina, Sandra Martínez Garza, Edna Montserrat Ramos Rodríguez

“…Background: Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of deferasirox in patients in peritoneal dialysis, however, its effect has not been studied in patients undergoing hemodialysis. …”
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