An important differential diagnosis in CAPD patients with sudden onset of fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, and cloudy dialysate

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Prischl, Friedrich C ^a   Wallner, Manfred ^a   Schauer, Walter ^a   Balon, Reinhard ^a   Kramar, Reinhard ^a  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS FLUID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLON ISCHEMIA; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIALYSATE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALABSORPTION; PANCREATITIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

EID: 0032964515     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686089901900116     Document Type: Article

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