Delayed colonic perforation caused by an unused CAPD catheter in a patient presenting with diarrhea [3]

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 610-611

  Shrestha, B M ^a   Wilkie, M ^a   Raftery, A T ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS FLUID;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLOSTOMY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; COLON, SIGMOID; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347531436     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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