A Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label Trial to Determine Peritonitis Rate, Product Defect, and Technique Survival Between ANDY-Disc® and UltraBag® in Patients on CAPD

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-472

  Wong, Hin Seng ^a   Ong, Loke Meng ^a   Lim, Teck Onn ^a   Hooi, Lai Seong ^a   Morad, Zaki ^a   Ghazalli, Rozina ^a   Shaariah, Wan ^a   Lim, Yam Ngo ^a   Ahmad, Ghazali ^a   Goh, Bak Leong ^a   Liaw, Lynster ^a   Pee, Susan ^a   Lee, Ming Lee ^a  

^a Clinical Research Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ANDY Disc; Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD); peritonitis; twin bag system; UltraBag

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERITONITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; PERITONITIS;

EID: 33747595645     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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