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How do patients and their family members experience the transition from peritoneal dialysis to incentre haemodialysis? A multisite qualitative study in England and Australia. (2020)
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Allen, K., Damery, S. L., Sein, K., Johnson, D. W., Davies, S. J., Lambie, M., …Combes, G. M. (2020). How do patients and their family members experience the transition from peritoneal dialysis to incentre haemodialysis? A multisite qualitative study in England and Australia. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 42(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860820975596

BACKGROUND: While numerous studies have explored the patient experience of dialysis or other end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treatments, few have explored the process of transitioning between dialysis modalities. This study aimed to develop an in-dep... Read More about How do patients and their family members experience the transition from peritoneal dialysis to incentre haemodialysis? A multisite qualitative study in England and Australia..

Single-dwell treatment with a low-sodium solution in hypertensive peritoneal dialysis patients. (2020)
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Davies. (2020). Single-dwell treatment with a low-sodium solution in hypertensive peritoneal dialysis patients. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860820924136

BACKGROUND: Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) may suffer from sodium (Na) and fluid overload, hypertension and increased cardiovascular risk. Low-Na dialysis solution, by increasing the diffusive removal of Na, might improve blood pressure (BP) ma... Read More about Single-dwell treatment with a low-sodium solution in hypertensive peritoneal dialysis patients..

The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis. (2020)
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Bonomini, M., Zammit, V., Divino-Filho, J. C., Davies, S. J., Di Liberato, L., Arduini, A., & Lambie, M. (2020). The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis. Journal of Nephrology, 34, Article 503–519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-020-00804-2

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a viable but under-prescribed treatment for uremic patients. Concerns about its use include the bio-incompatibility of PD fluids, due to their potential for altering the functional and anatomical integrity of the peritonea... Read More about The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis..

The Elusive Promise of Bioimpedance in Fluid Management of Patients Undergoing Dialysis (2020)
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Davies, S. J. (2020). The Elusive Promise of Bioimpedance in Fluid Management of Patients Undergoing Dialysis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 15(5), 597-599. https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.01770220

There can be little doubt that bioimpedance measurements in patients undergoing dialysis have predictive value. In a systematic review of cohort studies in which multivariable survival models were reported, 32 out of 38 found that overhydration deter... Read More about The Elusive Promise of Bioimpedance in Fluid Management of Patients Undergoing Dialysis.

Impact of the implementation of an assisted peritoneal dialysis service on peritoneal dialysis initiation (2020)
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Boyer, A., Solis-Trapala, I., Tabinor, M., Lambie, M., & Davies, S. (2020). Impact of the implementation of an assisted peritoneal dialysis service on peritoneal dialysis initiation. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 35(9), 1595-1601. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfz287

Abstract Background There is limited information available on the impact that provision of an assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD) service has on the initiation of PD. The aim of this study was to assess this impact in a centre following initiation of... Read More about Impact of the implementation of an assisted peritoneal dialysis service on peritoneal dialysis initiation.

Supportive care for end-stage kidney disease: an integral part of kidney services across a range of income settings around the world. (2020)
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Davies. (2020). Supportive care for end-stage kidney disease: an integral part of kidney services across a range of income settings around the world. Kidney International Supplements, e86 - e94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.008

A key component of treatment for all people with advanced kidney disease is supportive care, which aims to improve quality of life and can be provided alongside therapies intended to prolong life, such as dialysis. This article addresses the key cons... Read More about Supportive care for end-stage kidney disease: an integral part of kidney services across a range of income settings around the world..

Raising the standard of trial registration, conduct, and reporting (2020)
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Cho, Y., Davies, S. J., & Johnson, D. W. (2020). Raising the standard of trial registration, conduct, and reporting. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(2), 112-114. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860820902009

Evidence-based medicine can be defined as the conscientious, explicit, judicious, and reasonable use of modern, best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.1 A randomized controlled trial (RCT) serves as the gold standard... Read More about Raising the standard of trial registration, conduct, and reporting.

International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis (2020)
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Brown, E. A., Blake, P. G., Boudville, N., Davies, S., de Arteaga, J., Dong, J., …Warady, B. (2020). International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 244- 253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895364

The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis last published a guideline on prescribing peritoneal dialysis (PD) in 2006. This focused on clearance of toxins and used a measure of waste product removal by dialysis using urea as an example. This g... Read More about International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis.

Incremental peritoneal dialysis (2020)
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Blake, P. G., Dong, J., & Davies, S. J. (2020). Incremental peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 320 - 326. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895362

Incremental peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been variably defined. It involves taking advantage of the residual renal function that is usually present at initiation of dialysis to initially prescribe less onerous lower doses of PD while still achieving... Read More about Incremental peritoneal dialysis.

Accuracy of the estimation of V and the implications this has when applying Kt/Vurea for measuring dialysis dose in peritoneal dialysis (2020)
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Davies, S., & Finkelstein, F. O. (2020). Accuracy of the estimation of V and the implications this has when applying Kt/Vurea for measuring dialysis dose in peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 261 - 269. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819893817

BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for the prescription of peritoneal dialysis dose rely on a single cut-off 'minimal' value of Kt/V. To apply this in the clinic, this requires an accurate estimation of V, the volume of urea distribution that equates to... Read More about Accuracy of the estimation of V and the implications this has when applying Kt/Vurea for measuring dialysis dose in peritoneal dialysis.

International comparison of peritoneal dialysis prescriptions from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) (2020)
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Wang, A. Y., Zhao, J., Bieber, B., Kanjanabuch, T., Wilkie, M., Marshall, M. R., …Working Group, P. D. P. A. F. M. (2020). International comparison of peritoneal dialysis prescriptions from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS). Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 310-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895356

Background: We describe peritoneal dialysis (PD) prescription variations among Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) participants on continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and automated PD (APD; n = 4657) from Australia/New Zeal... Read More about International comparison of peritoneal dialysis prescriptions from the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS).

Patients’ experiences of transitioning between different renal replacement therapy modalities: A qualitative study (2020)
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Holvoet, E., Verhaeghe, S., Davies, S., Combes, G., François, K., Johnson, D., …Van Humbeeck, L. (2020). Patients’ experiences of transitioning between different renal replacement therapy modalities: A qualitative study. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(6), 548-555. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819896219

Background: Different kidney replacement therapy modalities are available to manage end-stage kidney disease, such as home-based dialysis, in-center hemodialysis, and kidney transplantation. Although transitioning between modalities is common, data... Read More about Patients’ experiences of transitioning between different renal replacement therapy modalities: A qualitative study.