On 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Karin Bergling asked whether blocking glucose transport across the peritoneal membrane could become a therapy. PDI has published the work behind the idea.
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@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Karin Bergling asked whether blocking glucose transport across the peritoneal membrane could become a therapy. PDI has published the work behind the idea.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Philip Li spoke on frailty and dialysis decisions, and Sarinya Boongird presented on frailty and mortality on PD. PDI has published on both.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Takefumi Mori presented on silver-coated PD catheters and biofilm. PDI has published a direct look at biofilm on PD catheters.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Kate Brotherton presented 20 years of national data on PD withdrawal in Australia. PDI has published on why people leave PD and how to measure it.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, the Young Nephrologists Committee debated whether AI will revolutionise PD, and Yeoungjee Cho spoke on AI in PD research. Two PDI papers on prediction.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 1 October at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, incremental PD ran through the day, from a breakfast session to talks on children and on rethinking "V". PDI has published widely on starting with less.
@michellebanksb.bsky.socialWe are only halfway through… and WOW! 🔥❤️🔥
If I could describe today in one word, it would be REVOLUTIONARY!
#SoMeTeam 💪🌏 🩺 #ISPD26 @ispd.org @nihalbashir.bsky.social @anabelamalho.bsky.social #PeritonealDialysis #PD #RenalNursing #KidneyHealth #Africa #Innovation
@ispdcongress.bsky.social#PeritonealDialysis management of the patient with cardiovascular disease - presented by Dr. Roberto Pecoits Filho.
Key Message: the PD prescription also shapes cardiometabolic exposure. Attention must also be given to persistent hypokalemia, volume control, and individualized HgA1C. #ISPD26
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Rumeyza Kazancioglu spoke on preserving the peritoneal membrane. PDI has published widely on why the membrane changes and what we can do about it.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September, the hands-on PD access workshop at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town opened with Eddie Tan on access history and current best practice. Good access is where PD succeeds or fails, and PDI has covered it.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Edwina Brown spoke on assisted PD and Yasuhiko Ito on managing increasing frailty. Assisted PD lets people stay on home dialysis who otherwise could not.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Bianca Davidson led a case-based session on recurrent exit site infections. Exit-site and tunnel infections are a common route to peritonitis and catheter loss.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Jenny Shen spoke on supporting patients in low resource environments, and Ahad Qayyum on planning a programme and quality care. PD's reach depends on getting this right.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Sampson Antwi led a case-based session on acute kidney injury. Where haemodialysis is scarce, PD is often the only dialysis available for AKI.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, Maria Slon spoke on managing fluid overload, with talks on personalised prescribing, PD in the anuric patient and electrolytes. PDI has covered each.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialOn 30 September at ISPD 2026 in Cape Town, the Practicalities of PD workshop heard Josephine Chow on training a patient and Sally Punzalan on supporting the new patient. Training is the foundation of home dialysis.
@ispdcongress.bsky.socialFirst #ISPD26 full day started at 7am with an early meeting with some fresh members of the ISPD Africa Chapter, where we discussed how they can get more involved and how ISPD can help them grow #PeritonealDialysis in their countries.
@pdi-journal.bsky.socialA new chapter for Peritoneal Dialysis International. Dr Ankur Shah is our new Editor-in-Chief, succeeding Dr Jeffrey Perl. Welcome, Ankur. ispd.org/final-presid...
@michellebanksb.bsky.socialThank you, Jeff. As PDI's fourth Editor-in-Chief, he led the journal through a period of real growth: strong science, ISPD guidelines and position statements, and PDI's highest-ever Impact Factor in 2024.
@michellebanksb.bsky.socialA new chapter for Peritoneal Dialysis International. Dr Ankur Shah is our new Editor-in-Chief, succeeding Dr Jeffrey Perl. Welcome, Ankur. ispd.org/final-presid...
We look forward to the next chapter together. ispd.org/final-presid...
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