The reduction in the peritonitis rate among high-risk CAPD patients with the use of the Oreopoulos-Zellerman connector.
We have described a prospective controlled study of the Oreopoulos-Zellerman peritoneal dialysis connection system which is based on the principle of chemical sterilization of the connector between each dialysis exchange. This system, in a short-term study of 27 high-risk patients, has resulted in a fourfold difference in the peritonitis rate between the concurrent control group (1/8.8 patient months) and the O-Z group (1/35.7 patient months). The probability of developing peritonitis by 6 mos was 0.15 using the O-Z connector and 0.46 in the control group.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013242:Sterilization; D013997:Time Factors