PDI -- Table of Contents(May-June 2009, 29 [3])

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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

IS BIG BETTER?: Peter G. Blake
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 245. [Full Text] [PDF]

OBITUARY

BARBARA FRISTOE PROWANT: 1953–2009: Leonor Ponferrada, Zbylut Twardowski, Ramesh Khanna
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 246–247. [Full Text] [PDF]

INVITED REVIEWS

THIAZOLIDINEDIONES IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: Cheuk-Chun Szeto and Kai-Ming Chow
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 248–251. [Full Text] [PDF]

TAMOXIFEN THERAPY FOR ENCAPSULATING PERITONEAL SCLEROSIS: MECHANISM OF ACTION AND UPDATE ON CLINICAL EXPERIENCES: Steven Guest
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 252–255. [Full Text] [PDF]

COMMENTARIES

DOES EXPERIENCE WITH PD MATTER?: Beth Piraino, Evgueni Minev, Judith Bernardini, Filitsa H. Bender
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 256–261. [Full Text] [PDF]

PERITONITIS IS STILL THE ACHILLES' HEEL OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Robert Mactier
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 262–266. [Full Text] [PDF]

THE HONEYPOT: STICKY OR SWEET?: Sarbjit V. Jassal and Charmaine E. Lok
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 267–269. [Full Text] [PDF]

PREDIALYSIS INTERVENTIONS FOR POSTDIALYSIS OUTCOMES: Jeffrey Perl and Joanne M. Bargman
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 270–273. [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN GRAM-NEGATIVE PERITONITIS: Mercè Borràs
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 274–276. [Full Text] [PDF]

ERRATA

AN UNUSUAL CASE OF OUTFLOW FAILURE ON PD: Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 277. [Full Text] [PDF]

DISCREPANCIES IN PERITONEAL EQUILIBRATION TEST (PET) RESULTS BETWEEN THE PERITONEAL MEMBRANE CLASSIFICATION INDICATED BY RATIOS OF DIALYSATE TO PLASMA CREATININE (CR D/P) AND THE 4-HOUR DIALYSATE GLUCOSE/GLUCOSE AT TIME 0 (GLUC D/D0): Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 277. [Full Text] [PDF]

PD IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

A RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING CONVENTIONAL SWAN-NECK STRAIGHT-TIP CATHETERS TO STRAIGHT-TIP CATHETERS WITH AN ARTIFICIAL SUBCUTANEOUS SWAN NECK: Chiu-Leong Li, Tai-Gen Cui, Hong-Bing Gan, Kin Cheung, Weng-In Lio, Un-I Kuok
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 278–284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Clinical

ASSOCIATION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CLINIC SIZE WITH CLINICAL OUTCOMES
Laura C. Plantinga, Nancy E. Fink, Fredric O. Finkelstein, Neil R. Powe, Bernard G. Jaar
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 285–291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

TECHNIQUE FAILURE AND CENTER SIZE IN A LARGE COHORT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS IN A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA
Bayode Afolalu, Laura Troidle, Osasu Osayimwen, Jaya Bhargava, Jenny Kitsen, Fredric O. Finkelstein
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 292–296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PERITONITIS REMAINS THE MAJOR CLINICAL COMPLICATION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: THE LONDON, UK, PERITONITIS AUDIT 2002–2003
Andrew Davenport
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 297–302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

THE HONEYPOT STUDY PROTOCOL: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF EXIT-SITE APPLICATION OF MEDIHONEY ANTIBACTERIAL WOUND GEL FOR THE PREVENTION OF CATHETER-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS
David W. Johnson, Carolyn Clark, Nicole M. Isbel, Carmel M. Hawley, Elaine Beller, Alan Cass, Janak de Zoysa, Steven McTaggart, Geoffrey Playford, Brenda Rosser, Charles Thompson, Paul Snelling, the HONEYPOT Study Group
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 303–309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

TREATMENT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS-RELATED PERITONITIS WITH CIPROFLOXACIN MONOTHERAPY: CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND BACTERIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OVER TWO DECADES
Miguel Pérez Fontán, Helena Díaz Cambre, Ana Rodríguez-Carmona, Andrés López Muñiz, Teresa García Falcón
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 310–318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A STRICT LOW PROTEIN DIET DURING THE PREDIALYSIS PERIOD SUPPRESSES PERITONEAL PERMEABILITY AT INDUCTION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
Takeshi Hasegawa, Ashio Yoshimura, Makoto Hirose, Daisuke Komukai, Hironori Tayama, Susumu Watanabe, Fumihiko Koiwa, Shin Yamazaki, Terukuni Ideura
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 319–324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

AN ORIGINAL NON-TRAUMATIC MANEUVER FOR REPOSITIONING MIGRATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETERS
Wen-Ting Tu, Zhen Su, Yi-Sheng Shan
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 325–329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EXIT-SITE CARE IN AUSTRIAN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CENTERS — A NATIONWIDE SURVEY
Gertrude Kopriva–Altfahrt, Paul König, Michael Mündle, Friedrich Prischl, Johannes M. Roob, Martin Wiesholzer, Andreas Vychytil, the Austrian Study Group for Prevention of Peritoneal Catheter-Associated Infections
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 330–339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bench

TISSUE FACTOR AND FACTOR V INVOLVEMENT IN RAT PERITONEAL FIBROSIS
Hiroki Saito, Masayuki Kitamoto, Kozue Kato, Ning Liu, Hisayo Kitamura, Kazuhide Uemura, Fumiaki Nogaki, Toshiya Takeda, Noriko Mori, Takahiko Ono
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 340–351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SHORT REPORTS

Peritoneal Equilibration Testing: Correcting the Correction Factor: Paul Tam, Petra Sheldrake, Anita Ng, Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos, James A. Sloand
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 352–355. [Full Text] [PDF]

Peritoneal Dialysis Access — Results from a UK Survey: Martin Wilkie and Janet Wild
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 355–357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE

Peritonitis Due to Moraxella phenylpyruvica: P. Cirillo, A. Melfitano, V. Pepe, P. delli Carri, L. Gesualdo
Perit Dial Int 2009 29: 358–359. [Full Text] [PDF]