Three Patients on Capd for ten Years - Once a Life Time Scheme

Abstract

There is a dearth otdat a regarding the performan ce a nd survival of long term PH pati ent s. We ret ros pect ively a na lysed three pati ent s who were on CA P Il for nearly ten years from our centre. Ofthese th ree stud ied, two were women, and a man with ag e 49, 43 a nd 56 years re spe ctivel y. AII J were non vegeta ria ns doing 2L X-I excha nges of d ia nea l a nd were anurtc for over 2 years. Mean ultrafiltration volume was 1300mL, 1200m L and 1500mL T h eir last Kt/V was 2, 1,96 a nd 2, The prima ry renal disease was dia betic nephropathy in the mal e an d hype rtensive nephropathy in the 1""0 female. O ne lad y had a dolled allo graft in 2005 which was re mo ved. Male diabeti c patient died after ten years following a fu nga l peritonitis which necessitated cathete r removal.