CAPD in dammam central hospital, saudi arabia: a five-year experience.
Thirty-one patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were offered continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) at the Dammam Central Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia over a period of five years. The group included 21 women and 10 men with a mean age of 41.3 +/- 17.2 years. The main indication for CAPD was poor or failed vascular access (51.4%). Peritonitis remained the major complication with an overall incidence of 0.62 episode per patient year. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the main causative organism. Therapy with CAPD lasted a mean of 26 +/- 7.4 months. Our results, showing good technique survival and low peritonitis rate, suggest that CAPD should be promoted to become a full arm of the integrated care of ESRD in Saudi Arabia.
Youmbissi
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JT
Department of Nephrology, Dammam Central Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Malik
T Q
TQ
Al Khursany
I A
IA
Ghacha
R
R
Ajitkumar
S
S
Al Ahmed
F
F
Rafi
A
A
Rahman
M A
MA
Karkar
A
A