title: Dialysis: Systemic IL-6 levels predict survival after peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: In a recent study, Lambie and colleagues suggest that systemic and local intraperitoneal inflammation, evidenced by elevated levels of interleukin-6, are independent processes and have different consequences for patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Prevention of inflammation in these patients will, therefore, require different therapeutic approaches.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Curitiba, PR 80215-901, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pecoits-Filho
authors.forename: Thyago P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: de Moraes
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000401:mortality*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000401:mortality*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000401:mortality*