According to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, peritoneal dialysis (PD ... as well as ancillary services which include catheter insertion, outpatient treatment of PD-related ...

Objectives: To summarize existing knowledge regarding the prevalence of complications associated with temporary percutaneous central venous catheters placed in critically ill children, and to ...

Similar postinsertion complication and technical survival rates are seen with single- and double-purse-string suture catheter insertion methods for peritoneal dialysis, according to a study ...

Central venous catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with chronic hemodialysis. Risk factors ...

Inflammation or the presence of purulence at the catheter insertion site of nontunneled CVCs is a more specific finding, but it has poor sensitivity in the prediction of CRBSI. In a prospective ...