PDI -- Table of Contents(June 2007, 27 [Supplement

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Preface

PREFACE: Cheuk Chun Szeto and Tak Mao Chan
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S6. [PDF]

Part 1: PD Development and Enhancement of PD Programs

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS FOR A QUALITY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PROGRAM: K.S. Nayak
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S9–S15. [Abstract] [PDF]

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Achim Jörres, Cristina Lage, Janusz Witowski, Thorsten O. Bender
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S16–S20. [Abstract] [PDF]

TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS ON CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Hidetomo Nakamoto
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S21–S26. [Abstract] [PDF]

OUR EXPERIENCE OF HOME VISITS IN CITY AND RURAL AREAS: K.S. Nayak, K.A. Sinoj, S.V. Subhramanyam, B. Mary, N.V.V. Rao
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S27–S31. [Abstract] [PDF]

EMPOWERMENT OF PATIENTS IN THE PROCESS OF REHABILITATION: Lan Wang, Jie Dong, Hong-Bin Gan, Tao Wang
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S32–S34. [Abstract] [PDF]

30 YEARS OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS DEVELOPMENT: THE PAST AND THE FUTURE: Raymond T. Krediet
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S35–S41. [Abstract] [PDF]

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS UTILIZATION AND OUTCOME: WHAT ARE WE FACING?: Wai-Kei Lo
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S42–S47. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 2: Regional Perspectives in PD

CHANGING PATTERNS OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS UTILIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: Rajnish Mehrotra
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S51–S52. [Abstract] [PDF]

DEVELOPMENT OF THE "PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FIRST" MODEL IN HONG KONG: Alex Wai-Yin Yu, Ka-Foon Chau, Yiu-Wing Ho, Philip Kam-Tao Li
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S53–S55. [Abstract] [PDF]

VARIOUS OBSTACLES TO PERITONEAL DIALYSIS DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN: TOO MUCH MONEY? TOO MUCH FEAR?: Yoshindo Kawaguchi
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S56–S58. [Abstract] [PDF]

INCREASED UTILIZATION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TO COPE WITH MOUNTING DEMAND FOR RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY—PERSPECTIVES FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES: Philip Kam-Tao Li, Sing Leung Lui, Chi Bon Leung, Alex Wai-Yin Yu, Evan Lee, Paul M. Just, Georgi Abraham, Lynn Almazan-Gomez, Chiu Ching Huang, Lai Seong Hooi, Yoshindo Kawaguchi, Un I. Kuok, Kriang Tungsanga, Tao Wang, Andrew Kui-Man Wong, Xue-Qing Yu, Wai Kei Lo, on behalf of the participants of the Roundtable Discussion on Dialysis Economics in Asia
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S59–S61. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 3: Basic Science in PD

Inflammation and Fibrosis

MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION AND FIBROSIS
Kar Neng Lai, Sydney C.W. Tang, Joseph C.K. Leung
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S65–S71. [Abstract] [PDF]

IN VITRO STUDY OF PERITONEAL FIBROSIS
Kuan-Yu Hung, Kuan-Dun Wu, Tun-Jun Tsai
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S72–S75. [Abstract] [PDF]

CONTROLLING INFLAMMATION IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: THE ROLE OF PD-RELATED FACTORS AS POTENTIAL INTERVENTION TARGETS
Paulo C. Fortes, Priscilla H. Versari, Andréa E.M. Stinghen, Roberto Pecoits-Filho
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S76–S81. [Abstract] [PDF]

PERITONEAL FIBROSIS INTERVENTION
Kayo Kaneko, Chieko Hamada, Yasuhiko Tomino
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S82–S86. [Abstract] [PDF]

STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF NEW PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS ON THE PERITONEUM
Tak Mao Chan and Susan Yung
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S87–S93. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cells and Matrix

CELL THERAPY IN KIDNEY DISEASE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM... BUT OPTIMISM NONETHELESS
Andrey G. Zenovich and Doris A. Taylor
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S94–S103. [Abstract] [PDF]

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS AND PROTEOGLYCANS: OVERLOOKED ENTITIES?
Susan Yung and Tak Mao Chan
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S104–S109. [Abstract] [PDF]

MESOTHELIAL CELLS
Susan Yung and Tak Mao Chan
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S110–S115. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 4: Technical Advances in PD

RATIONAL CHOICE OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETER: Roberto Dell'Aquila, Stefano Chiaramonte, Maria Pia Rodighiero, Emilia Spano', Pierluigi Di Loreto, Catalina Ocampo Kohn, Dinna Cruz, Natalia Polanco, Dingwei Kuang, Valentina Corradi, Massimo De Cal, Claudio Ronco
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S119–S125. [Abstract] [PDF]

CLINICAL EFFECTS OF COMBINED THERAPY WITH PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AND HEMODIALYSIS: Hideki Kawanishi and Misaki Moriishi
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S126–S129. [Abstract] [PDF]

ADVANCES IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF AUTOMATED, TIDAL, AND CONTINUOUS FLOW PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Roberto Dell'Aquila, Maria Pia Rodighiero, Emilia Spano', Pierluigi Di Loreto, Catalina Ocampo Kohn, Dinna Cruz, Natalia Polanco, Dingwei Kuang, Valentina Corradi, Massimo De Cal, Claudio Ronco
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S130–S137. [Abstract] [PDF]

AUTOMATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS—BENEFITS: A SURVEY OF PATIENTS AND PARENTS ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE: Man-Chun Chiu, Cherry Fai-Ngor Ng, Lai-Ping Lee, Wai-Ming Lai, Shing-Chi Lau
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S138–S142. [Abstract] [PDF]

METHODOLOGY OF ASSESSMENT OF FLUID STATUS AND ULTRAFILTRATION PROBLEMS: Graham Woodrow
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S143–S147. [Abstract] [PDF]

MAXIMIZING THE SUCCESS OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN HIGH TRANSPORTERS: Philip Kam-Tao Li and Kai Ming Chow
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S148–S152. [Abstract] [PDF]

CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IS BETTER THAN AUTOMATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AS FIRST-LINE TREATMENT IN RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY: Philip Kam-Tao Li, Kwok Yi Chung, Kai Ming Chow
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S153–S157. [Abstract] [PDF]

THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS FOR PRESERVATION OF RESIDUAL RENAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS ON PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Philip KamTao Li and Yuk Lun Cheng
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S158–S163. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 5: PD in Pediatric, Elderly, and Diabetic Patients

ADEQUACY OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN CHILDREN: CONSIDER THE MEMBRANE FOR OPTIMAL PRESCRIPTION: Michel Fischbach, Celine Dheu, Laure Seugé-Dargnies, Jean François Delobbe
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S167–S170. [Abstract] [PDF]

CAN WE OVERCOME THE PREDESTINED POOR SURVIVAL OF DIABETIC PATIENTS? PERSPECTIVES FROM PRE- AND POST-DIALYSIS: Yong-Lim Kim
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S171–S175. [Abstract] [PDF]

TREATMENT TARGETS FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS ON PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: ANY EVIDENCE?: Chiu-Ching Huang
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S176–S179. [Abstract] [PDF]

LONG-TERM PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN INFANTS: Lesley Rees
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S180–S184. [Abstract] [PDF]

HOW TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL IN GERIATRIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: Makoto Hiramatsu and for the Japanese Society for Elderly Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S185–S189. [Abstract] [PDF]

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES: ARE THE BENEFITS GREATER THAN THE DISADVANTAGES?: Satoru Kuriyama
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S190–S195. [Abstract] [PDF]

GOOD PATIENT AND TECHNIQUE SURVIVAL IN ELDERLY PATIENTS ON CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Philip Kam-Tao Li, Man Ching Law, Kai Ming Chow, Chi-Bon Leung, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Kwok Yi Chung, Cheuk-Chun Szeto
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S196–S201. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 6: Cardiovascular Complications in PD

RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Elvia García-López, Juan J. Carrero, Mohamed E. Suliman, Bengt Lindholm, Peter Stenvinkel
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S205–S209. [Abstract] [PDF]

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE IN DIABETIC PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: Heikki H.T. Saha, Yrjö K.J. Leskinen, Juha P. Salenius, Jorma T. Lahtela
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S210–S214. [Abstract] [PDF]

AN OVERVIEW OF THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF VASCULAR CALCIFICATION IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: Tomasz Stompór
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S215–S222. [Abstract] [PDF]

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS REVISITED: Angela Yee-Moon Wang
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S223–S227. [Abstract] [PDF]

THE "HEART" OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Angela Yee-Moon Wang
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S228–S232. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 7: Nutrition in PD

ASSOCIATION OF CARNITINE DEFICIENCY IN INDIAN CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS WITH ANEMIA, ERYTHROPOIETIN USE, RESIDUAL RENAL FUNCTION, AND DIABETES MELLITUS: S. Ramalakshmi, Bjoe Baben, Ben S. Ashok, V. Jayanthi, Nancy Leslie, Georgi Abraham
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S235–S238. [Abstract] [PDF]

IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING MALNUTRITION STEMMING FROM DIFFERENT CAUSES: Sung Hee Chung, Peter Stenvinkel, Bengt Lindholm, Carla Maria Avesani
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S239–S244. [Abstract] [PDF]

BODY COMPOSITION ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS: HOW RELIABLE ARE THEY? HOW USEFUL ARE THEY CLINICALLY?: Graham Woodrow
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S245–S249. [Abstract] [PDF]

WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL FAT MASS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS?: David W. Johnson
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S250–S254. [Abstract] [PDF]

INTRAVENOUS VERSUS ORAL IRON SUPPLEMENTATION IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: David W. Johnson
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S255–S260. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 8: PD Peritonitis

TUBERCULOUS AND FUNGAL PERITONITIS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Sing Leung Lui, Tak Mao Chan, Kar Neng Lai, Wai Kei Lo
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S263–S266. [Abstract] [PDF]

GRAM-NEGATIVE PERITONITIS—THE ACHILLES HEEL OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS?: Cheuk-Chun Szeto and Kai-Ming Chow
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S267–S271. [Abstract] [PDF]

EVOLUTION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MECHANISMS AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO DIALYSIS-RELATED INFECTIONS: Samson S.Y. Wong, Pak-Leung Ho, Kwok-Yung Yuen
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S272–S280. [Abstract] [PDF]

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DIFFERENCES IN PERITONITIS RATES BETWEEN CENTERS AND REGIONS: Andrea E. Stinghen, Pasqual Barretti, Roberto Pecoits-Filho
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S281–S285. [Abstract] [PDF]

Part 9: Miscellaneous Complications and Pathophysiologic Mechanisms

ENCAPSULATING PERITONEAL SCLEROSIS: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: Hideki Kawanishi and Misaki Moriishi
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S289–S292. [Abstract] [PDF]

SYMPATHETIC HYPERACTIVITY—A HIDDEN ENEMY IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS: Peter J. Blankestijn
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S293–S297. [Abstract] [PDF]

ADIPOKINES AND GUT HORMONES IN END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE: Robert H. Mak and Wai Cheung
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S298–S302. [Abstract] [PDF]

PURE RED-CELL APLASIA "EPIDEMIC"—MYSTERY COMPLETELY REVEALED?: Francesco Locatelli, Lucia Del Vecchio, Pietro Pozzoni
Perit Dial Int 2007 27: S303–S307. [Abstract] [PDF]