Low peritonitis rate leads to high patient survival and technique success: The first five years of a peritoneal dialysis program [4]

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-93

  Mastrosimone, S ^a   Virga, G ^a   Stanic, L ^a   Gastaldon, F ^a   da Porto, A ^a   Bonadonna, A ^a  

^a Provincial Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; NETILMICIN; NYSTATIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036223288     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080202200119     Document Type: Letter

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1. Risk factors for peritonitis in long-term peritoneal dialysis: The Network 9 Peritonitis and Catheter Survival Studies
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3. Technique failure in peritoneal dialysis and its impact on patient survival
4. Prevention of peritonitis
5. Peritonitis per patient and year: A basic index
6. A comparative analysis on the incidence of peritonitis and exit-site infection in CAPD and automated peritoneal dialysis