A comprehensive report on the experience of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for the treatment of end-stage renal disease.
This article summarizes highlights of data from the National Institutes of Health Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Registry Report released in early 1984. Follow-up data for 6,656 patients were collected from January 1981 through June 1983 and were analyzed for this report.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D013727:Terminal Care