Long-term results of CAPD in Italy: a report from the Italian CAPD Study Group.
Begun in 1979, the Italian CAPD Study Group monitored prospectively six years of CAPD experience (1980-1985) in 24 centers with 1107 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients (age 56.4 +/- 13.7 years). Compiled yearly, the clinical and therapeutical data were processed on a PDP 11-32 computer, according to UCLA BMPD-1L procedure. The survival rate was conditioned by age (more than 70) and by major clinical risk factors, with a large fraction of the deaths due to cardiovascular causes (40.6%) and cachexia (17.8%). The progressive reduction of peritonitis incidence (1/18.5 episodes/patient-month globally reached at the end of 1985) was due mainly to the wide spread adoption of the "Y" connection set (76% for 1985) and contributed to a decrease in drop-outs to 7.5% of 676 patients on CAPD during 1985.
Tarchini
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Nephrology and Dialysis, C. Poma Hospital, Mantova, Italy.
Segoloni
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Gentile
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Lupo
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A
Cancarini
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Salomone
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D'Amico
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Mioli
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Vercellone
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Zucchelli
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D013997:Time Factors