High serum DcR3 levels are associated with the occurrence of peritonitis in patients receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis | Zendy

En-Pen Chang | Zendy; Yi-Sheng Lin | Zendy; Szu-Chun Huang | Zendy; DerCherng Tarng | Zendy; Tung-Po Huang | Zendy

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High serum DcR3 levels are associated with the occurrence of peritonitis in patients receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis

Author(s) -

En-Pen Chang,

Yi-Sheng Lin,

Szu-Chun Huang,

DerCherng Tarng,

Tung-Po Huang

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the chinese medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535

H-Index - 42

eISSN - 1728-7731

pISSN - 1726-4901

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.09.009

Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , peritonitis , intensive care medicine

Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis is a serious complication that typically leads to hospitalization, catheter loss, and even mortality. Previous studies of the risk factors for peritonitis are discordant. To date, no biomarker associated with PD-related peritonitis has been investigated. However, it has been shown that serum decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) is a valuable marker in predicting the outcome of several inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate whether serum DcR3 is a predictor of peritonitis in chronic PD patients.

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