Independent Effects of Systemic and Peritoneal Inflammation on Peritoneal Dialysis Survival

Lambie, Mark; Chess, James; Donovan, Kieron; Kim, Yong-Lim; Young, Jun; Bahl Lee, Hi; Noh, Hyunjin; Williams, Paul; J Williams, Andrew; N. Davison, Sara; Dorval, Marc; Summers, Angela; D. Williams, John; Bankart, John; Davies, Simon; Topley, Nicholas

doi:10.1681/asn.2013030314

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Independent Effects of Systemic and Peritoneal Inflammation on Peritoneal Dialysis Survival

Published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology • Sep 6, 2013

Authors:

Mark Lambie

James Chess

Kieron Donovan

Abstract

Systemic inflammation, as evidenced by elevated inflammatory cytokines, is a feature of advanced renal failure and predicts worse survival. Dialysate IL-6 concentrations associate with variability in peritoneal small solute transport rate (PSTR), which has also been linked to patient survival. Here,...

Subject

Medicine

Peritoneal dialysis

Systemic inflammation

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