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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 +7 more
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The effect of ambulatory blood pressure load on mitral regurgitation in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients [PDF]
Open MedicineHypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The present study aimed to explore the impact of ambulatory blood pressure load (BPL) on mitral regurgitation (MR) in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.
Li Qingyun +4 more
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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 +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 +3 more
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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
AORN Journal, 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 ...
Roger Gabriel, Roger Gabriel
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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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Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
New England Journal of Medicine, 1988 Although successful long term treatment with peritoneal dialysis was first reported by Boen et al (1), it was not until the introduction of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) by Popovich, Moncrief and colleagues in 1976 (2), that the use of peritoneal dialysis for the management of patients in end-stage renal failure increased explosively.
Fernández de Castro J +2 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +7 more
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