Current Progress in Peritoneal Dialysis
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1434
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nephrology; oxidative stress; hyperuricemia; diabetic nephropathy; renal replacement therapy (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis); chronic kidney disease
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has several advantages over hemodialysis (HD), both in medical and social aspects. In terms of medical aspects, PD is superior in stable hemodynamics, which allows clients of PD therapy to maintain residual kidney function and cognitive function and to be free from pain that accompany a puncture of the vascular access and from severe fatigue after the HD session. The worldwide progress of ‘social aging’ enhances the importance of PD as a ‘hemodynamically gentle’ therapy. In terms of social aspects, PD enables clients to participate in social activity more easily than HD.
However, the wide use of PD is being hampered by its self-management nature and by some potential complications, such as peritoneal damage leading to serious small bowel obstruction, and infectious complications, such as peritonitis and catheter-related infections.
The aim of this Special Issue is to share (1) fundamental knowledge about PD therapy; (2) a potential social approach for widespread PD utilization; (3) novel progress to suppress medical complications of PD; and (4) future perspectives. To this end, we asked some professionals in the field about authoring articles. We hope that this Special Issue encourages doctors, nurses, and medical staff to utilize PD more widely.
Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Terawaki
Prof. Dr. Takafumi Ito
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peritoneal dialysis
- chronic kidney disease
- nephrology
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