Introduction Cuff-shaving has been described as a salvage technique for refractory exit-site
infections, with conflicting data regarding infection and catheter outcomes. We describe our …

Objective To determine if disconnect systems reduce the incidence of exit-site infections
when compared to nondisconnect systems. Design We prospectively monitored exit-site …

English Prophylaxis and treatment of catheter-related infections in patients undergoing
peritoneal dialysis (PD) are the key to success of this type of renal replacement therapy …

Catheter-related infections, exit-site-tunnel infections and peritonitis remain the Achilles heel
of peritoneal dialysis. Although the overall incidence of peritoneal-dialysis-related infectious …

John Hershey is a 25-year-old man with ESRD secondary to interstitial nephritis. He has a
swan-neck, coiled peritoneal dialysis catheter implanted 10 weeks ago and is doing nightly …

Catheter-related infections result in high patient morbidity, the need for temporary
haemodialysis, and high costs. These infections are the main cause of limited technique …

To determine factors involved in peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis and catheter loss,
all point prevalent peritoneal dialysis patients in Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) …

This brief review addresses the impact that several important aspects of catheter technology
and exit-site care have on catheter-related infections and catheter longevity. The discussion …

A total of 127 patients from 8 hospitals were randomized into 1 of 2 exit-site care regimes to
evaluate their effect on rate of exitsite infection (ESI). Group 1 used povidone iodine and …

In two adolescents maintained on CAPD, infections of the peritoneal catheter tunnel were
treated by an “unroofing” technique. The infections were eradicated without catheter removal …