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THE USE OF AN INDWELLING PERITONEAL CATHETER IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Author(s) -
Petrie James J. B.,
Jones Emlyn O. P.,
Hartley Lionel C. J.,
Olive K. Patricia,
Clunie Gordon J. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130070.x
Subject(s) - chronic renal failure , medicine , indwelling catheter , peritoneal dialysis , catheter , intensive care medicine , surgery
Thirty‐seven patients with end‐stage renal failure were treated by dialysis by the peritoneal route, with a Tenckhoff catheter. The basic regime was 30 2‐litre exchanges twice a week. Two patients died while receiving peritoneal therapy, and 7 patients were transferred to haemodialysis because of catheter failure. Four patients received transplants directly from peritoneal dialysis, 22 were transferred electively to haemodialysis, and 2 are still being treated by peritoneal dialysis. Fourteen (1$md2%) of the 1,161 dialyses were complicated by peritoneal infection. This was controlled in 13 instances by the addition of gentamicin to the dialysate, but removal of the catheter was required in one case. The mean duration of peritoneal dialysis was 14$md4 weeks; 4 patients underwent this type of therapy for 78, 63, 41 and 40 weeks respectively.