PMID- 18045037
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080303
LR  - 20071129
IS  - 0211-6995 (Print)
IS  - 0211-6995 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 5
DP  - 2007
TI  - [Peritoneal dialyisis role in heart failure treatment, experience in our center].
PG  - 605-11
AB  - Peritoneal dialysis is a renal replacement therapy indicated in patients with an 
      unstable hemodynamic status. It has been used, by ultrafiltration, preferably in 
      those patients with congestive heart failure refractory to conventional medical 
      therapy. We present the experience of our center with five patients who were 
      affected by severe congestive heart failure [Class IV on the New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) scale] and diverse stages of chronic renal failure, who 
      received this therapy. Icodextrin has been used as an osmotic agent to induce 
      ultrafiltration. The follow-up period ranged between 5 and 14 months (9.8 +/- 3.7 
      months). The results that we have found are similar to those of other studies: we 
      observed a significant improvement in quality of life and a reduction in 
      morbidity and hospitalization rates in all our patients. But it seems to be 
      necessary to make a prospective randomized controlled trial with more number of 
      individuals to confirm these promising facts, to clarify the impact on the 
      survival, and to analyze the cost-benefit for treating patients suffering from 
      refractory, end stage congestive heart failure.
FAU - Diez Ojea, B
AU  - Diez Ojea B
AD  - Seccion de Nefrologia, Hospital Valle del Nalon, Riano-Langreo (Asturias). 
      beaojea@hotmail.com
FAU - Rodriguez Suarez, C
AU  - Rodriguez Suarez C
FAU - Vidau, P
AU  - Vidau P
FAU - Gago, E
AU  - Gago E
FAU - Diaz Molina, B
AU  - Diaz Molina B
FAU - Martin Fernandez, M
AU  - Martin Fernandez M
FAU - Garcia Cueto, C
AU  - Garcia Cueto C
LA  - spa
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
TT  - Papel de la dialisis peritoneal en el tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardiaca. 
      Experiencia en nuestro centro.
PL  - Spain
TA  - Nefrologia
JT  - Nefrologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola Nefrologia
JID - 8301215
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/complications/*therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications/*therapy
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Peritoneal Dialysis
MH  - Retrospective Studies
RF  - 34
EDAT- 2007/11/30 09:00
MHDA- 2008/03/04 09:00
CRDT- 2007/11/30 09:00
PHST- 2007/11/30 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/03/04 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/11/30 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nefrologia. 2007;27(5):605-11.