The Prevalence of Peritonitis among Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Patients at Large Saudi Center

The Prevalence of Peritonitis among Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Patients at Large Saudi Center

Peritonitis is a common and serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and it is a direct or major contributing cause of death in around 16% of PD patients. Severe or prolonged peritonitis leads to structural and functional alterations of the peritoneal membrane, eventually leading to membrane...

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Veröffentlicht in:Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation 2021-07, Vol.32 (4), p.973-978
Hauptverfasser: Alqaedi, Asrar, Parameaswari, P, Alnasser, Bayan, Mubaraki, Adnan, Bafaqeeh, Mohammed, Alshathri, Abdulaziz, Altalhi, Abdulhadi, Alsaran, Khalid
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Catheter-Related Infections - diagnosis
Catheter-Related Infections - epidemiology
Catheter-Related Infections - etiology
Catheters
Child
Chronic kidney failure
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Kidney Failure, Chronic - diagnosis
Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Male
Methicillin
Mupirocin
Pediatrics
Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritonitis
Peritonitis - diagnosis
Peritonitis - epidemiology
Peritonitis - etiology
Prevalence
Saudi Arabia - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Peritonitis is a common and serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and it is a direct or major contributing cause of death in around 16% of PD patients. Severe or prolonged peritonitis leads to structural and functional alterations of the peritoneal membrane, eventually leading to membrane failure, PD technique failure, and conversion to long-term hemodialysis (HD). This is cross-sectional record-based study in which the records of all children aged
ISSN:1319-2442
2320-3838
DOI:10.4103/1319-2442.338309