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Perit Dial Int 28(4): 331-334 2008
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CLINICAL CASE COMMENTARY

SURGICAL PERITONITIS IN PATIENTS ON PERITONEAL DIALYSIS

Badri M. Shrestha, Peter Brown and Martin Wilkie

Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Correspondence to: M. Wilkie, Sheffield Kidney Institute, Renal Sorby E Floor, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, United Kingdom. martin.wilkie{at}sth.nhs.uk

In this short review we highlight the diagnostic challenge presented by surgical peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients, giving attention to etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management. Despite improvements in medical imaging and a reduction in overall rates of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis, the mortality of surgical peritonitis has not changed in recent years and remains a challenge for the clinical team.

KEY WORDS: Surgical peritonitis; abdominal catastrophe.

Received 2 February 2008; accepted 3 March 2008.






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