EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN JAPAN

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS RESEARCH

COMMENTARIES

Clinical

ESCHERICHIA COLI PERITONITIS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT MAY GET WORSE Miguel Pérez-Fontán and Francisco Lueiro Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 174–177. [PDF]

HERNIA REPAIR WITHOUT DELAY IN INITIATING OR CONTINUING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS John H. Crabtree Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 178–182. [PDF]

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH TAMOXIFEN IN ENCAPSULATING PERITONEAL SCLEROSIS Christopher F. Wong Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 183–184. [PDF]

ADVANCED GLYCATION AND ADVANCED OXIDATION PROTEIN PRODUCTS: THE EFFECT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS Charles van Ypersele de Strihou and Toshio Miyata Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 185–187. [PDF]

Basic

MYSTERY IN THE DARK: CAN ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS ENLIGHTEN US? Machteld M. Zweers and Dirk G. Struijk Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 188–190. [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES OF EXTENDED-SPECTRUM BETA-LACTAMASEPRODUCING E. COLI PERITONITIS IN CAPD PATIENTS Terence Yip, Kai-Chung Tse, Man-Fai Lam, Sydney Tang, Fu-Keung Li, Bo-Ying Choy, Sing-Leung Lui, Tak-Mao Chan, Kar-Neng Lai, Wai-Kei Lo Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 191–197. [Abstract] [PDF]

PREVALENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF HERNIAS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS Miguel Ángel García-Ureña, César Remón Rodríguez, Vicente Vega Ruiz, Francisco Javier Carnero Hernández, Evaristo Fernández-Ruiz, Jose Manuel Vazquez Gallego, Miguel Velasco García Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 198–202. [Abstract] [PDF]

FOUR CONSECUTIVE CASES OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS-RELATED ENCAPSULATING PERITONEAL SCLEROSIS TREATED SUCCESSFULLY WITH TAMOXIFEN Mohmed A. Eltoum, Sue Wright, Julian Atchley, Juan C. Mason Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 203–206. [Abstract] [PDF]

CHANGES IN GLYCATION AND OXIDATION MARKERS IN PATIENTS STARTING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: A PILOT STUDY Eric Boulanger, Olivier Moranne, Marie-Paule Wautier, Véronique Witko-Sarsat, Béatrice Descamps-Latscha, Abdelmejid Kandoussi, Nicolas Grossin, Jean-Luc Wautier Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 207–212. [Abstract] [PDF]

CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATITIS B LIVER DISEASE Kai Ming Chow, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Alan Ka Lun Wu, Chi Bon Leung, Bonnie Ching Ha Kwan, Philip Kam-Tao Li Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 213–217. [Abstract] [PDF]

CHANGES IN TOTAL SODIUM INTAKE DO NOT LEAD TO PROPORTIONATE CHANGES IN TOTAL SODIUM REMOVAL IN CAPD PATIENTS Li-Tao Cheng and Tao Wang Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 218–223. [Abstract] [PDF]

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DETECTS THE INFLAMMATORY PHASE OF SCLEROSING PERITONITIS Ruth M. Tarzi, John W. Frank, Sohail Ahmad, Jeremy B. Levy, Edwina A. Brown Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 224–230. [Abstract] [PDF]

IMPACT OF FIRST DIALYSIS MODALITY ON OUTCOME OF PATIENTS CONTRAINDICATED FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Luc Frimat, Pierre-Yves Durand, Carole Loos-Ayav, Emmanuel Villar, Victor Panescu, Serge Briançon, Michèle Kessler Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 231–239. [Abstract] [PDF]

PROCALCITONIN AND CONVENTIONAL MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS AND PERITONITIS Galip Guz, Bulent Colak, Kenan Hizel, Kadriye A. Reis, Yasemin Erten, Musa Bali, Sukru Sindel Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 240–248. [Abstract] [PDF]

Basic

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF CHRONIC PERITONEAL EXPOSURE Jaehwa Choi, Kimberly Credit, Karla Henderson, Ravi Deverkadra, Heather M. Vanpelt, Zhi He, Michael F. Flessner Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 249–258. [Abstract] [PDF]

THE ROLE OF THE GLYOXALASE PATHWAY IN REDUCING MESOTHELIAL TOXICITY OF GLUCOSE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS Katarzyna Korybalska, Justyna Wisniewska-Elnur, Joanna Tróminska, Achim Jörres, Andrzej Breborowicz, Janusz Witowski Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 259–265. [Abstract] [PDF]

Socioeconomic

THE SUCCESS STORY OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN ROMANIA: ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES IN MORTALITY BY DIALYSIS MODALITY AND INFLUENCE OF RISK FACTORS IN A NATIONAL COHORT Gabriel Mircescu, Liliana Garneata, Laura Florea, Vasile Cepoi, Dimitrie Capsa, Maria Covic, Mirela Gherman-Caprioara, Gheorghe Gluhovschi, Ovidiu Sorin Golea, Carmen Barbulescu, Elvira Rus, Caterina Santimbrean, Nicoleta Mardare, Adrian Covic Perit Dial Int 2006 26: 266–275. [Abstract] [PDF]

SHORT REPORTS

CORRESPONDENCE

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