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Peritonitis in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Access to hemodialysis is limited in Nepal due to geographical terrain and hemodialysis centers being mostly limited to major city. Therefore, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is likely to be a better option in Nepal.
S K Sharma, R K Chaurasia, MJ Sijapati, L Thapa, M Ghimire, H Shrestha, A Acharya, B Khanal   +7 more
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The first human report of Hyphopichia burtonii, initially misdiagnosed as sterile peritonitis in a patient on peritoneal dialysis

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2021
This is the first human infection caused by Hyphopichia burtonii, resulting in peritonitis in a patient on peritoneal dialysis initially diagnosed as sterile peritonitis, resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment.
Tamonwan Chamroensakchai, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Wadsamon Saikong, Worauma Panya, Siriwan Thaweekote, Somchai Eiam-Ong, Vedprakash G. Hurdeal, Kevin D. Hyde   +7 more
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Abdominal Pseudocyst in the Vicinity of Calcified Renal Allograft in a Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis - Case Report [PDF]

Modern Medicine, 2020
Abdominal pseudocysts are rarely reported in peritoneal dialysis and usually arise secondary to repeated dialysisrelated peritonitis. We present the case of a patient with end-stage renal disease treated for 9 years by continuous ambulatory peritoneal ...
Daniela RADULESCU, Dragos Adrian GEORGESCU, Andrei ANGELESCU, Bogdan Florin GEAVLETE   +3 more
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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Medical Journal of Australia, 1982
ONE of the most significant developments in the treatment of end-stage renal disease during the last 10 yr has been the emergence of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as a treatment modality. Intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) has been available for many years but because of problems with infection and with the equipment has never ...
P, Kincaid-Smith, G, Becker
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Peritoneal Dialysis Failure and its Impact on Holistic Kidney Care: A Case Report

SAGE Open Nursing, 2021
Introduction Peritonitis remains the primary cause of treatment failure among patients with end-stage kidney disease on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Jeffrey Yuk Chiu Yip MNSc, RN (HK)
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Peritoneal dialysis catheter malposition: Iatrogenic vesical perforation

APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Despite perceived disadvantage of percutaneous continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis catheter placement compared to its surgical placement, complications are very rare if done by a trained nephrologist under fluoroscope guidance. We present a case of
Vijoy Kumar Jha, Debasish Mahapatra
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Mycobacterium fortuitum Peritonitis in a Patient on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD): A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Mycobacterium fortuitum, an environmental organism, is capable of producing a variety of clinical infections such as cutaneous infections, abscesses and nosocomial infections.
Jyoti Sangwan, Sumit Lathwal, Satish Kumar, Deepak Juyal   +3 more
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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 1980
The potential use of the peritoneum as a dialyzing membrane was recognized as early as 1923 (1, 2). Nevertheless, not until a permanent indwelling peritoneal catheter was developed in 1964 by Palmer et al. (3) and later modified by Tenckhoff (4), did long-term intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) become a practical alternative to hemodialysis ...
M, Schreiber, D G, Vidt
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Peritoneal Dialysis with Marked Pneumoperitoneum

Case Reports in Nephrology, 2020
Pneumoperitoneum, the presence of free air within the peritoneal cavity, is often caused by the perforation of gas-containing viscus and commonly requires surgical treatment.
Norio Nakamura, Masamichi Nakata, Daiki Nagawa, Ikuyo Narita, Takeshi Fujita, Reiichi Murakami, Michiko Shimada, Hirofumi Tomita   +7 more
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Causative organisms and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis in Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia: a 3-year analysis

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2017
Background Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis remains a significant cause of morbidity for peritoneal dialysis patients and the main reason for conversion from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis.
Vui Eng Phui, Clare Hui Hong Tan, Chee Kean Chen, Kee Hoe Lai, Kwek Foong Chew, Hock Hin Chua, Laura Lui Sian Ngu, Lawrence Wei Soon Hii   +7 more
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