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Results of peritoneal equilibration test during treatment with polyglucose dialysis solution
Background:
Results of peritoneal equilibration test (PET) suggest prolonged effect of polyglucose dialysis solution (PG-DS) on peritoneal permeability.
Objectives:
An evaluation of dialysate-to-plasma ratio (D/P) of urea, DIP creatinine, and D/D0 glucose (ratio of dialysate glucose at designated dwell time to dialysate glucose at 0 dwell time), and mass transfer area coefficients (KBD) of these solutes in PET before introduction, during administration, and after discontinuation of PG-DS hi patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
Design:
Single-center prospective study with PG-DS; retrospective selection of the control group.
Setting:
Peritoneal dialysis unit in a university hospital.
Patients:
Fourteen patients (11 males; age 45.1 +/- 8.5 years) treated with CAPD for 17.5 +/- 9.9 months. 7.5% PG-DS was used for the overnight exchange. After discontinuation of the PG-DS, standard dialysis solutions, as previously used, were reintroduced. The control group was selected to match both CAPO duration and peritoneal permeability of the patients in the PG-DS group at the start of the study.
Methods:
Standard PET was carried out at 1.6 +/- 0.8 months before the introduction of PG-DS (study period I, n = 14), after 1.2 +/- 0.6 months' use of PG-DS (study period II, n = 14), after 4.4 +/- 0.8 months' use of PG-DS (study period Ill, n = 11), after 8.8 +/- 2.2 months' use of PG-DS (study period IV, n = 9), and at 2.0 +/- 0.6 months after PG-DS discontinuation (study period V, n = 11). Patients in the control group underwent PET at similar time intervals (control periods I-V).
Results:
In the PG-DS group, a tendency toward increased peritoneal permeability for urea and creatinine was shown during the consecutive study periods. D/D0 glucose was significantly higher only in the PET performed during use of PG-DS (periods II-IV) compared to results obtained in period I. In the control group, both D/P and KBD of both urea and creatinine remained unchanged, but K90 glucose was higher in the first 2 hours of the PET in control period V compared to respective values in control period III.
Conclusion:
Changes in peritoneal permeability are observed In CAPD patients treated with PG-DS. These changes may be at least partially related to the administration of polyglucose.