… 80% of incident dialysis patients used catheters for access 15 . Infection was the second … ,
state of shock, infection of the catheter orifice with tunnel infection, persistent fever and positive …

… Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infections continue to be a major cause of morbidity and
mortality in patients on renal replacement therapy on PD [1, 2]. Tunnel infection (TI) refractory to …

… Such patients undergo dialysis usually through Central … of infections that include exit site
and tunnel infections, and … for majority of the dialysis catheter-related infections [24–26]. Some …

… Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infection, including peritonitis, exit-site infection, and tunnel
infection, is a major complication of PD that is associated with pain, peritoneal membrane …

… Infections complicate peritoneal dialysis in the form of exit site infections, tunnel infections, …
, cause, and management of exit site infections, tunnel infections, and peritonitis. It also …

… Five of the 10 patients developed a tunnel infection of the subcutaneous pathway of the
peritoneal catheter. Despite these difficulties, 2 years later Dr Palmer published his further …

… of prevalent patients for continuation of dialysis and during … with mechanical and infectious
complications related to … or in the area of proposed tunnel is not inflamed or infected. …

… The combined outcome of exit-site infection and tunnel infection also showed no … The
primary outcomes of the study were exit-site infection, tunnel infection and a composite outcome …

… address exit-site infections, catheter tunnel infections, and peritonitis as well as the topic of …
for refractory exit-site and/or tunnel infections in PD patients and prevents the need to place a …

… -related infections. The SCOPE collaborative is a quality improvement initiative that aims
to reduce dialysis-related infections in pediatric chronic peritoneal dialysis patients through …