Impact of Diabetes on Extracellular Volume Status in Patients Initiating Peritoneal Dialysis

Recent reports have highlighted that diabetic patients with kidney failure are at increased risk of technique failure and transfer to haemodialysis within 90 days of initiating peritoneal dialysis (PD). We wished to determine whether there were differences between diabetic and non-diabetic patients within the first 3 months of starting PD.We reviewed results of corresponding bioimpedance and the 1st test of peritoneal membrane function (PET) in...