Changes in peritoneal dialysis transport over time
Changes in peritoneal dialysis transport over time
Incidence of significant changes in peritoneal transport rates—increased D/P creatinine, decreased D/Do glucose—characteristic of rapid transport in patients on maintenance peritoneal dialysis. Conversion to slower transport was much less common: 8% for creatinine and 15% for glucose at two years.
D/Do: the ratio of dialysate concentration to the dialysate concentration at time zero; D/P: dialysate-to-plasma concentration; PD: peritoneal dialysis.
Data from Blake PG, Abraham G, Sombolos K, et al. Changes in peritoneal membrane transport rates in patients on long term CAPD. Adv Perit Dial 1989; 5:3.
