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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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Updated risk prediction model for pancreaticoduodenectomy using data from the National Clinical Database in Japan

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The calibration plots of the updated risk models for the endpoints were analyzed in each cohort. The predicted probability of each endpoint matched the observed probability in the development and validation cohorts. Abstract Aim Risk prediction models for mortality, severe postoperative complications, and postoperative pancreatic fistula in patients ...
Masamichi Mizuma, Hideki Endo, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Shimura, Masahiro Iseki, Michiaki Unno, Taro Oshikiri, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Ken Shirabe   +8 more
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Peritonitis difusas: Actualización y tratamiento

Revista Cubana de Cirugía, 2000
A pesar de los progresos alcanzados en el tratamiento intensivo del paciente quirúrgico, la introducción de nuevos antimicrobianos, y el perfeccionamiento de las técnicas quirúrgicas, la mortalidad por peritonitis difusa permanece alarmantemente elevada.
Rosalba Roque González, Evelio T Ramírez Hernández, Armando Leal Mursulí, Marcos Taché Jalak, Radamés I Adefna Pérez   +4 more
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Dos décadas de análisis de las peritonitis en diálisis peritoneal en Andalucía: aspectos epidemiológicos, clínicos, microbiológicos y evolutivos

Nefrología, 2021
Resumen: Antecedentes: Este estudio se centra en la principal complicación asociada a diálisis peritoneal, la peritonitis. Su relevancia deriva de su elevada morbilidad, el efecto negativo que provoca en el peritoneo como membrana de diálisis y de coste
Verónica de la Espada Piña, Pedro Luis Quirós Ganga, José Manuel Gil Junquero, Nuria Aresté Fosalba, Fernando Fernández Girón, María José Espigares Huete, María Peña Ortega, Gema Velasco Barrero, Antonio Moreno Salazar, Francisco Morales Martínez, Maria José Marco Guerrero, Elvira Esquivias de Mota, Sagrario Soriano Cabrero, César Remón Rodríguez   +13 more
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Meconium peritonitis resulting from different etiologies in siblings: a case report

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background Meconium peritonitis is defined as aseptic chemical inflammation caused by intrauterine bowel perforation. The underlying causes of bowel perforation include intestinal atresia, midgut volvulus, intussusception, congenital bands, and meconium ...
Kyung Hee Park, Mi Hye Bae, Na Rae Lee, Young Mi Han, Shin-Yun Byun, Hae-Young Kim   +5 more
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Light chain systemic amyloidosis manifested as liver failure complicated with fatal spontaneous splenic rupture: A case report [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
For a patient with manifestations of nausea, abdominal distension, spontaneous splenic rupture, obvious liver enlargement, low red blood cells and platelets, yellow sclera, and spider angioma, Congo red staining of liver and spleen tissues indicated amyloidosis.
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Effects of an increase in emergency cases with difficulties in transport to hospital during the COVID‐19 pandemic on postoperative short‐term outcomes of colorectal perforation: A study based on the National Clinical Database

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
In 2022, emergency cases with difficulties in transport markedly increased during the COVID‐19 pandemic, but had little effect on short‐term outcomes of colorectal perforation. These data suggest that the emergency system for patients with colorectal perforation was largely maintained during the pandemic in Japan, with no evidence indicating a serious ...
Shimpei Ogawa, Hideki Endo, Masahiro Yoshida, Tomomitsu Tsuru, Michio Itabashi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Hideki Ueno, Ken Shirabe, Taizo Hibi, Akinobu Taketomi, Norihiko Ikeda, Masaki Mori   +12 more
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Role of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with Nonbacterial Peritonitis

APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Culture-positive peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis depends on proper sample collection and culture technique. Patients are investigated for fungal and tubercular peritonitis once the initial peritoneal effluent grows no bacteria ...
Atul Kumar Srivastava, Indranil Ghosh, Sudhir Dubey, Shrikant Sonawane   +3 more
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Enhancing Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems by Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) and Its Antitumor Immunity [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a near room temperature ionized gas, generated under non-equilibrium discharge conditions. Here we show that a short exposure of rat peritoneal exudate macrophages and T-cells to CAP in vitro, triggered an inflammatory phenotype leading to better antigen-presenting and effector cell function respectively. Different from
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Diagnosis of necrotic and non‐necrotic small bowel strangulation: The importance of intestinal congestion

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
CT of 141 patients with small bowel strangulation (SBS) was reviewed. Mesenteric edema and abnormal bowel wall thickening are prevalent in both non‐necrotic and necrotic SBS, indicating the primary pathology of SBS. While bowel hypo‐enhancement was detected in 76% of patients with necrotic SBS, it appeared in only 51% of those with non‐necrotic SBS ...
Takeshi Yamada, Yuto Aoki, Akihisa Matsuda, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Goro Takahashi, Takuma Iwai, Seiichi Shinji, Hiromichi Sonoda, Kay Uehara, Hiroshi Yoshida   +9 more
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