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Consequences of Removing PD Catheters During Active Infection
Author(s) -
DiazBuxo Jose A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1998.tb00376.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peritonitis , catheter , surgery , infection control , intensive care medicine
I've had bad experiences with putting patients back on PD after having had to remove their catheters for resistant peritonitis. It's my impression that removing the catheter when the infection is active (i.e., high cell count) is less likely to be associated with successful resumption of PD than is catheter removal with inactive peritonitis (i.e., low cell count). Is this true? What's known about this topic in general?