Risk factors for early onset peritonitis: the SCOPE collaborative.

Mahima KeswaniAllison C Redpath MahonTroy RichardsonJonathan RodeanOlivera CoulouresAbigail MartinRichard T BlaszakBradley A WaradyAlicia Neunull null

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2019)

In this large cohort of pediatric PD recipients, 8.4% of PD catheters were associated with the development of EP. The finding of an association between early use of the PD catheter and EP represents a potentially modifiable risk factor to reduce infection rates within this patient population.

Keyphrases

early onset
late onset
risk factors
case report
quality improvement
ultrasound guided
young adults
childhood cancer