Past Announcements

New ISPD Guidelines are now available!

Click on the titles below to view the most recent Guidelines:

CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR PERITONEAL ACCESS
Ana Figueiredo, Bak-Leong Goh, Sarah Jenkins, David W. Johnson, Robert Mactier,
Santhanam Ramalakshmi, Badri Shrestha, Dirk Struijk, Martin Wilkie
Perit Dial Int 2010 30: 424–429

The July issue of Peritoneal Dialysis International (PDI) features the latest update of the ISPD recommendations for treatment of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infections. ISPD recommendations for peritonitis and exit-site infection were first published in 1983 and can arguably make the claim to be the first set of “Clinical Practice Guidelines” in nephrology. This 2010 update is the seventh version. Undoubtedly, these are the best known and most important clinical practice recommendations produced by the ISPD and their influence is large. It is notable that, while many national nephrology societies have produced guidelines or recommendations on other areas of PD, almost all have not addressed peritonitis and exit-site infection but have left this to the expertise of the ISPD Committee.

Also in this issue of PDI are the new Guidelines on Peritoneal Access, drawn up last year by an international committee of experts chaired by PDI Associate Editor Martin Wilkie under the auspices of the United Kingdom Renal Association. These guidelines have been endorsed by the ISPD and are now in print for the first time. They replace the 2005 update authored by Michael Flanigan and Ram Gokal. They provide a comprehensive guide to how peritoneal catheter insertion should be organized, carried out, and audited. They recognize the variety of methods used to insert catheters and, rather than endorse one over another, they focus on the more critical issues of local expertise and monitoring of outcomes. They lay down standards that need to be met in a high quality PD program.

For information on reprints and translations, please contact heather_shand{at}multi-med.com.

Visit us at the 13th Congress of the ISPD!

Multimed Inc, Publisher of Peritoneal Dialysis International (PDI) will be at the 13th Congress of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) from July 23-26, at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City! In 2008, we were delighted to be at the 12th Congress of the ISPD in Istanbul, Turkey.

Heather Shand, Project Manager and Laura Shand, Project Coordinator will be managing the ISPD booth to promote the society as well as to provide information about PDI. Please visit us at the booth for more information on:

PDI subscriptions or ISPD memberships
To purchase a subscription or membership
Upcoming PD meeting details
Reprint and translation information

We are looking forward to meeting everyone at the 13th Congress of the ISPD in Mexico City!

New ISPD Guidelines are now available!
For more information on ordering reprints please visit us at the ISPD booth or contact heather_shand{at}multi-med.com !

Click here to view the most recent Guidelines:

NEW .ISPD Guidelines to be Published in July 2010 Issue of PDI

The July issue of Peritoneal Dialysis International features the latest update of the ISPD recommendations for treatment of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infections. ISPD recommendations for peritonitis and exit-site infection were first published in 1983 and can arguably make the claim to be the first set of “Clinical Practice Guidelines” in nephrology. This 2010 update is the seventh version. Undoubtedly, these are the best known and most important clinical practice recommendations produced by the ISPD and their influence on clinical practice is large. It is notable that, while many national nephrology societies have produced guidelines or recommendations on other areas of PD, almost all have not addressed peritonitis and exit-site infection but have left this to the expertise of the ISPD Committee.

Also in this issue of PDI are the new Guidelines on Peritoneal Access, drawn up last year by an international committee of experts chaired by PDI Associate Editor Martin Wilkie under the auspices of the United Kingdom Renal Association. These guidelines have been endorsed by the ISPD and are now in print for the first time. They replace the 2005 update authored by Michael Flanigan and Ram Gokal. They provide a comprehensive guide to how peritoneal catheter insertion should be organized, carried out, and audited. They recognize the variety of methods used to insert catheters and, rather than endorse one over another, they focus on the more critical issues of local expertise and monitoring of outcomes. They lay down standards that need to be met in a high quality PD program.

Look for the guidelines online the first week of July!

For information on reprints and translations, please contact heather_shand{at}multi-med.com.

Sign up for e-TOC alerts to receive notification when the guidelines are published.

13th Congress of the ISPD, Centro Banamex, Mexico City July 23-26, 2010!

For more information on the 13th Congress of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis or to register online please visit http://www.ispd2010mexico.org/

Visit us at the 30th Annual Dialysis Conference!

Come by booth # 38 during the ADC March 7 - 9, 2010 in Settle, Washington for information on PDI and the ISPD and the chance to win a prize!

For more information on the ADC, please visit http://som.missouri.edu/Dialysis/

Submit your manuscript to PDI!

Why submit your manuscript to PDI?

Peritoneal Dialysis International (PDI) is an international, peer reviewed publication dedicated to Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
PDI is now one of the premier nephrology journals worldwide, and publishes a wide variety of original articles pertaining to PD, and provides timely and comprehensive information to professionals of all levels in the PD community.
Papers are easy to submit with ScholarOne and take on average only 45 days from submission to decision with a 32% acceptance rate.

Click here to submit your manuscript

Publish ahead of Print is available now!

New for 2010, Peritoneal Dialysis International is publishing selected articles on www.pdiconnect.com in advance of print publication. This feature, called PDI in Press, provides subscribers with the latest clinical research several weeks before it appears in print!

Features of PDI in Press:

Accepted and approved articles are posted with an abstract and PDF.
All articles are copyedited and formatted in print layout in keeping with PDI style.
PDI in Press articles are available online free of charge to PDI subscribers. Non-subscribers may purchase access to PDI in Press articles using PDI’s Pay-per- View feature.
Articles are posted online in an index dedicated solely to Publish ahead of Print.
Once articles are published in a volume and issue, they will be removed from the PDI in Press page and be grouped with the other contents of the issue in which it appears.
All articles are citable by using the Digital Object Identifier (DOI), a unique number given to every article, as well as the posting date.

Other benefits of PDI in Press for subscribers include:

Biweekly postings – new content will be made available continuously as it finishes the review and editing process.
Alerts – email alerts are available once new content is posted online.
DOI tracking – PDI articles can be cited and tracked with a Digital Object Identifier making it easy to find and cite the latest version of any article.
Searching – PDI in Press articles are fully searchable and can be viewed by subject or by date.
Indexing – articles will be indexed in Pubmed and CrossRef as soon as they are posted.

Wecome delegates of the 4th Asian Chapter Meeting.

For information on acivating your free 3 month trial, please click here.

Wecome delegates of the 3rd North American Chapter Meeting of the ISPD!

To view the conference program, please click here.

To view the conference abstracts, please click here.

PDI Now Available in Full Text HTML

Multimed Inc. is pleased to announce that beginning in 2009, all current issues of Peritoneal Dialysis International will be available in full text HTML format at www.PDIConnect.com. This new feature will allow online subscribers to find more background information on a subject by clicking on the links within the references of an article. The full text of current articles are also indexed for searching; which will allow online subscribers and visitors searching key words to find more articles matching that match their query.

International PD Related Meetings now listed on PDIConnect

A listing of PD related meetings and conferences is now available on PDIConnect. Click here to be taken directly to the Meetings and Conferences page. If you would like to suggest a meeting that is not currently listed, please administration{at}multi-med.com.

Multimed Inc. launches new website

Multimed Inc., publisher of Peritoneal Dialysis International has a new website. Visit www.multi-med.com for information about the company's history, publications, services, and to see our new look!