Peritoneal Solute Clearances after four Years of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Sun Park ◽  
Jean Lee ◽  
Moon Sung Lee ◽  
Seung Ho Baick ◽  
Seung Duk Hwang ◽  
...  

In order to evaluate peritoneal membrane function and responsiveness of peritoneal microcirculation to vasoactive agents in long-term continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, we studied peritoneal clearances of urea (Curea) and creatinine (Ccr), protein concentrations in drained dialysate (D PC), peritoneal glucose absorption (% GA), and drained dialysate volume ( VD) before and after nitroprusside (NP) addition to dialysis solution in 17 long-term CAPD patients (mean duration of CAPD: 52 months) and the results were compared to those of 18 patients who were just trained for CAPD (mean duration: 0.6 month). There were no differences in the control (without NP) Curea, Ccr, D PC, %GA, and VD between the new and long-term CAPD patients. Curea, Ccr, and D PC increased significantly with NP in both new and long-term patients. Curea and Ccr with NP were not different between the new and long-term patients but D PC with NP was significantly lower in the long-term CAPD patients. The results of this study suggest that peritoneal solute clearances and the responsiveness of peritoneal microcirculation to NP remain unchanged after four years of CAPD, despite recurrent episodes of peritonitis.

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
Talerngsak Kanjanabuch ◽  
Monchai Siribamrungwong ◽  
Rungrote Khunprakant ◽  
Sirigul Kanjanabuch ◽  
Piyathida Jeungsmarn ◽  
...  

⋄ Background Continuous exposure of the peritoneal membrane to dialysis solutions during long-term dialysis results in mesothelial cell loss, peritoneal membrane damage, and thereby, ultrafiltration (UF) failure, a major determinant of mortality in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Unfortunately, none of tests available today can predict long-term UF decline. Here, we propose a new tool to predict such a change. ⋄ Mesothelial cells from 8-hour overnight effluents (1.36% glucose dialysis solution) were harvested, co-stained with cytokeratin (a mesothelial marker) and TUNEL (an apoptotic marker), and were counted using flow cytometry in 48 patients recently started on CAPD. Adequacy of dialysis, UF, nutrition status, dialysate cancer antigen 125 (CA125), and a peritoneal equilibration test (3.86% glucose peritoneal dialysis solution) were simultaneously assessed and were reevaluated 1 year later. ⋄ Results The numbers of total and apoptotic mesothelial cells were 0.19 ± 0.19 million and 0.08 ± 0.12 million cells per bag, respectively. Both numbers correlated well with the levels of end dialysate–to–initial dialysate (D/D0) glucose, dialysate-to-plasma (D/P) creatinine, and sodium dipping. Notably, the counts of cells of both types in patients with diabetes or with high or high-average transport were significantly greater than the equivalent counts in nondiabetic patients or those with low or low-average transport. A cutoff of 0.06 million total mesothelial cells per bag had sensitivity of 1 and a specificity of 0.75 in predicting a further decline in D/D0 glucose and a sensitivity of 0.86 and a specificity of 0.63 to predict a further decline in UF over a 1-year period. In contrast, dialysate CA125 and other measured parameters had low predictive values. ⋄ Conclusions The greater the loss of exfoliated cells, the worse the expected decline in UF. The ability of a count of mesothelial cells to predict a future decline in UF warrants further investigation in clinical practice.


1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hi Bahl Lee ◽  
Min Sun Park ◽  
Sung Hee Chung ◽  
Young Bae Lee ◽  
Kyung Soo Kim ◽  
...  

In order to examine solute transport across the peritoneal membrane and responsiveness of the peritoneal microcirculation to a vasodilator in diabetics on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), we obtained peritoneal clearances of urea (Curea) and creatinine (Ccr), protein concentrations in the drained dialysate (D PC), and percentage of peritoneal glucose absorption (% PGA) before and after nitroprusside (NP) addition to the dialysate in 13 diabetics (DM) and 13 nondiabetics (non-DM) matched for age, sex, body weight, and duration of CAPD. Control (before NP) Curea, Ccr, D PC, and %PGA were not different between DM and non-DM. NP significantly enhanced Curea, Ccr, and D PC in both DM and non-DM. Curea, Ccr, D PC, and %PGA after NP were again not different between DM and non-DM. The findings suggest that peritoneal solute clearances and responsiveness of the peritoneal microcirculation to NP in diabetics are not different from nondiabetics at the beginning of CAPD despite evidence for widespread vascular diseases in diabetic ESRD patients.


2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon J. Davies

Objective Peritoneal membrane function influences dialysis prescription and clinical outcome and may change with time on treatment. Increasingly sophisticated tools, ranging from the peritoneal equilibration test (PET) to the standard permeability analysis (SPA) and personal dialysis capacity (PDC) test, are available to the clinician and clinical researcher. These tests allow assessment of a number of aspects of membrane function, including solute transport rates, ultrafiltration capacity, effective reabsorption, transcellular water transport, and permeability to macromolecules. In considering which tests are of greatest value in monitoring long-term membrane function, two criteria were set: those that result in clinically relevant interpatient differences in achieved ultrafiltration or solute clearances, and those that change with time in treatment. Study Selection Clinical validation studies of the PET, SPA, and PDC tests. Studies reporting membrane function using these methods in either long-term (5 years) peritoneal dialysis patients or longitudinal observations (> 2 years). Data Extraction Directly from published data. Additional, previously unpublished analysis of data from the Stoke PD Study. Results Solute transport is the most important parameter. In addition to predicting patient and technique survival at baseline, there is strong evidence that it can increase with time on treatment. Whereas patients with initially high solute transport drop out early from treatment, those with low transport remain longer on treatment, although, over 5 years, a proportion develop increasing transport rates. Ultrafiltration capacity, while being a composite measure of membrane function, is a useful guide for the clinician. Using the PET (2.27% glucose), a net ultrafiltration capacity of < 200 mL is associated with a 50% chance of achieving less than 1 L daily ultrafiltration at the expense of 1.8 hypertonic (3.86%) exchanges in anuric patients. Using a SPA (3.86% glucose), a net ultrafiltration capacity of < 400 mL indicates ultrafiltration failure. While there is circumstantial evidence that, with time on peritoneal dialysis, loss of transcellular water transport might contribute to ultrafiltration failure, none of the current tests is able to demonstrate this unequivocally. Of the other membrane parameters, evidence that interpatient differences are clinically relevant (permeability to macro-molecules), or that they change significantly with time on treatment (effective reabsorption), is lacking. Conclusion A strong case can be made for the regular assessment by clinicians of solute transport and ultrafiltration capacity, a task made simple to achieve using any of the three tools available.


1993 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Lamb ◽  
W. R. Cattell ◽  
A. Dawnay

1. Chronic use of hyperosmolar glucose solutions in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis may cause glycation of peritoneal structural proteins which could contribute to membrane dysfunction and ultrafiltration failure. To determine whether glycation can occur in the environment of the dialysate, we have carried out studies using albumin as a model protein. 2. Glycated albumin was measured in the serum and dialysate of 46 patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (31 non-diabetic patients, 15 diabetic patients). Dialysate and serum glycated albumin (ranges 1.0-12.7% and 0.9-10.2%, respectively) were related to each other (r = 0.988, P <0.001), but dialysate glycated albumin was significantly higher than serum glycated albumin (P <0.0001), with the dialysate to serum glycated albumin ratio being greater than unity in 76% of patients (mean ratio 1.14). This implies either preferential transfer of glycated albumin across the peritoneal membrane or intraperitoneal glycation during the dwell period. 3. In vitro, significant glycation occurred in dialysate during a 6 h incubation period (P <0.01) at a rate related to the glucose concentration in the dialysate (rs = 0.63, P <0.05). The glycation rate was not significantly affected (P = 0.05) by factors other than the glucose concentration. 4. Our results demonstrate that protein glycation occurs within the peritoneum during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Further studies are required to establish the relationship of glycation of structural proteins in the peritoneal membrane to membrane function.


1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2585-2590
Author(s):  
STANISLAO MORGERA ◽  
SIMONE KUCHINKE ◽  
KLEMENS BUDDE ◽  
ANDREAS LUN ◽  
BERTHOLD HOCHER ◽  
...  

Abstract. In long-term peritoneal dialysis, functional deterioration of the peritoneal membrane is often associated with proliferative processes of the involved tissues leading to peritoneal fibrosis. In continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), failure to achieve target values for adequacy of dialysis is commonly corrected by increasing dwell volume; in case of ultrafiltration failure, osmolarity of the dialysate gets increased. In a prospective study, the impact of increasing dwell volume from 1500 ml to 2500 ml per dwell (volume trial) or changing the osmolarity of the dialysate from 1.36 to 3.86% glucose (hyperosmolarity trial) on the peritoneal endothelin-1 (ET-1) release was analyzed. ET-1 is known to exert significant proliferative activities on a variety of cell types leading to an accumulation of extracellular matrix. A highly significant difference in the cumulative peritoneal ET-1 synthesis was found between the low- and high-volume exchange, whereas differences in the hyperosmolarity setting were only moderate. Sixty minutes after initiating dialysis, the cumulative ET-1 synthesis was 2367 ± 1023 fmol for the 1500 ml versus 6062 ± 1419 fmol for the 2500 dwell (P < 0.0001) and 4572 ± 969 fmol versus 6124 ± 1473 fmol for the 1.36 and 3.86% glucose dwell (P < 0.05), respectively. In conclusion, increasing dwell volume leads to a strong activation of the peritoneal paracrine endothelin system. Because ET-1, apart from being a potent vasoactive peptide, contributes to fibrotic remodeling, this study indicates that volume stress-induced ET-1 release might contribute to structural alteration of the peritoneal membrane in long-term peritoneal dialysis.


2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetomo Nakamoto ◽  
Yoshindo Kawaguchi ◽  
Hiromichi Suzuki

Technique failure resulting in transfer to hemodialysis (HD) remains one of the most important challenges in long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD). In general, the proportion of patients transferring from PD to HD is much greater than the proportion transferring from HD to PD. However, technique failure rates differ considerably between and within countries. The question arises as to how technique failure rates in Japan compare with those in other countries. To address this issue, we reviewed the literature and our experience of 139 incident continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients from January 1995 to December 1999. Based on our review, we estimate that the 5-year technique survival rate in Japanese CAPD patients is approximately 70%, and that technique failure rate is around 7% per year. This rate is significantly lower than that in many other countries. The most common reasons for technique failure in Japan are peritoneal membrane failure, ultrafiltration loss, and inadequate dialysis. Another factor contributing to the low technique failure rate in Japan is an extremely low peritonitis rate. This may be related to good sanitation and excellent PD training programs. Peritoneal membrane failure continues to be the major challenge for long-term technique survival on PD in Japan.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1011-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarju Raj Singh Maharjan ◽  
Andrew Davenport

Abstract Background Optimal fluid balance for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients requires both water and sodium removal. Previous studies have variously reported that continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) removes more or equivalent amounts of sodium than automated PD (APD) cyclers. We therefore wished to determine peritoneal dialysate losses with different PD treatments. Methods Peritoneal and urinary sodium losses were measured in 24-h collections of urine and PD effluent in patients attending for their first assessment of peritoneal membrane function. We adjusted fluid and sodium losses for CAPD patients for the flush before fill technique. Results We reviewed the results from 659 patients, mean age 57 ± 16 years, 56.3% male, 38.9% diabetic, 24.0% treated by CAPD, 22.5% by APD and 53.5% APD with a day-time exchange, with icodextrin prescribed to 72.8% and 22.7 g/L glucose to 31.7%. Ultrafiltration was greatest for CAPD 650 (300–1100) vs 337 (103–598) APD p < 0.001, vs 474 (171–830) mL/day for APD with a day exchange. CAPD removed most sodium 79 (33–132) vs 23 (− 2 to 51) APD p < 0.001, and 51 (9–91) for APD with a day exchange, and after adjustment for the CAPD flush before fill 57 (20–113), p < 0.001 vs APD. APD patients with a day exchanged used more hypertonic glucose dialysates [0 (0–5) vs CAPD 0 (0–1) L], p < 0.001. Conclusion CAPD provides greater ultrafiltration and sodium removal than APD cyclers, even after adjusting for the flush-before fill, despite greater hypertonic usage by APD cyclers. Ultrafiltration volume and sodium removal were similar between CAPD and APD with a day fill.


Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Ching-Po Li ◽  
Chyong-Mei Chen ◽  
Chia-Hao Chan ◽  
Szu-Yuan Li ◽  
Ming-Tsun Tsai ◽  
...  

Long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) can lead to detrimental changes in peritoneal membrane function, which may be related to the accumulation of glucose degradation products. A previous study demonstrated that 6 months of far-infrared (FIR) therapy may decrease glucose degradation products in PD dialysate. Due to limited literature on this matter, this study aims to investigate the effect of FIR therapy on the peritoneal membrane transport characteristics of PD patients. Patients were grouped according to baseline peritoneal transport status: lower transporters (low and low-average) and higher transporters (high-average and high). Both groups underwent 40 min of FIR therapy twice daily for 1 year. In lower transporters, FIR therapy increased weekly dialysate creatinine clearance (6.91 L/wk/1.73 m2; p = 0.04) and D/P creatinine (0.05; p = 0.01). In higher transporters, FIR therapy decreased D/P creatinine (−0.05; p = 0.01) and increased D/D0 glucose (0.05; p = 0.006). Fifty percent of high transporter patients shifted to high-average status after FIR therapy. FIR therapy may decrease D/P creatinine for patients in the higher transporter group and cause high transporters to shift to high-average status, which suggests the potential of FIR therapy in improving peritoneal membrane function in PD patients.


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