The conventional surgery for removal of Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis catheter is similar to open insertion technique and requires the surgeon to either go through the same incision or make a ...

The rates of such infections can be reduced if dialysis centers implement protocols that reduce peritoneal catheter colonization and infection. Chua, A. N., Goldstein, S. L., Bell, D.

Among the various approaches to management of CRBSI, removal and delayed replacement of the catheter, catheter exchange over a guidewire in selected patients, and the use of antimicrobial/citrate ...

The authors of the paper calculated the difference in sodium removal to be more than threefold. Peritoneal dialysis solutions ... the abdomen via a peritoneal catheter and draws sodium towards ...