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Record Nr.

UNINA9910735777903321

Titolo

Diagnosis and Management of Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis related Peritonitis / / edited by Georgi Abraham, Santosh Varughese, Uma Sekar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

981-9922-75-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 pages)

Disciplina

617.461059

Soggetti

Nephrology

Gastroenterology

Internal medicine

Internal Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

PREVENTION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS RELATED INFECTIONS LESSONS TO LEARN -- Preventing Peritonitis: Role of Nurse -- PERITONITIS-FREE PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INITIATI -- Peritonitis in CAPD – Microbiological Considerations in Diagnosis -- Medical management of peritonits with antimicrobial therapy -- ULTRAFILTRATION FAILURE IN PD PERITNOITIS -- Peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis and transfer to hemodialysis -Challenges -- RELAPSING AND REFRACTORY PERITONITIS SPECIAL Challenge -- REIMPLANTATION AND REINITIATION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AFTER CATHETER REMOVAL FOR REFRACTORY PERITONITIS -- Peritonitis – Related Mortality -- INDICATIONS AND FINDINGS ON PERITONEAL BIOPSY -- Usefulness of imaging of PD related complications -- NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN CAPD PATIENTS WITH PERITONITIS.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is unique in addressing the management and complications of PD-related peritonitis to reduce morbidity and mortality. It addresses the measures to prevent peritonitis, types of tools used for diagnosis, including molecular techniques, the focus of microbiologists for educating peers, catheter-related issues such as catheter care, exit site, and tunnel infection, catheter removal, reimplantation techniques,



nurses' role, nutrition aspects, surgical methods and pediatric peritoneal dialysis, peritonitis with its uniqueness in detail. Each chapter starts with a case scenario and pictures related to the branch by the contributors' experience. This book is helpful for physicians, nurses, technicians, microbiologists, ID trainees and consultants, nephrology trainees, nephrologists, and surgeons involved in PD care.