BookGeorgi Abraham, Santosh Varughese, Uma Sekar, editors.
Summary: 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.
Contents:
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.