EVALUATION OF TWO METHODS OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, THE STANDARD WITH THE CYCLER MASHINE AND A NEW MANNUAL ONE DURING THE EARLY STAGE OF CONTINUOUS AMBOLATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
Abstract
IN THIS STUDY WE COMPARE TWO METHODS OF CAPD, WHICH WERE APPLIED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INSERTION OF THE PERITONEAL CATHETER. THEY CONCERN THE REGULAR METHOD, IN WHICH A CYCLER MACHINE IS USED, AND A NEW MANUAL ONE. TWENTY-FOUR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAPD. FOR END-STAGE CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE WERE STUDIED. AFTER A RANDOMIZED SELECTION, TWELVE OF THEM WERE MANAGED WITH THE CYCLER (GROUP I), AND THEREMAINING TWELVE (GROUP II) WITH THE MANUAL METHOD OF CAPD. BEFORE AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRST STAGE OF CAPD, THE HEMATOCRITE AND THE SERUM UREA, CREATININE, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, CALCIUM, AND PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATIONS WERE MEASURED. COMPLICATIONS IF ANY WERE TREATED PROPERLY. BOTH GROUPS DID NOT SHOW ANY STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS PRE- TREATMENT HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS ARE CONCERNED.
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