The self-locating catheter: Clinical evaluation and comparison with the Tenckhoff catheter

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 540-543

  Cavagna, Romano ^a,b   Tessarin, Cristina ^a   Tarroni, Giovanni ^a   Casol, Daniela ^a   De Silvestro, Linda ^a   Fabbian, Fabio ^a  

^a Belluno Hospital   (Italy)

^b Ospedale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter dislocation; Catheter malfunction; Peritoneal catheter; Self locating catheter

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIALYSATE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT;

EID: 0033385745     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686089901900608     Document Type: Article

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