title: [Risk factors for peritonitis and hospitalizations].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study assessed 30 children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease on dialysis, cared for at the Hospital das Clínicas of UFMG, aiming at determining the risk factors for the frequency of peritonitis and hospitalizations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study using the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) software, version 13.0. The following variables were assessed as risk factors for a higher frequency of peritonitis and hospitalizations: low educational level; low family income; inadequate level of information; inadequate hand antisepsis during PD; and lack of a sink in the dialysis room.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The odds ratio values were within the 95% confidence intervals, and, in some cases, were smaller than 1, indicating the possibility of a negative association between some independent variables and the variables studied, but with no statistically significant difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No statistical significance was observed for the variables studied, despite the tendency towards that.
authors: Setor de Sus/Convênios/Particulares, Hospital das Clínicas, UFMG.
authors: Sarah Silva
authors: SS
authors: Abrahão
authors: Janete
authors: J
authors: Ricas
authors: Darly Fernando
authors: DF
authors: Andrade
authors: Fátima Chagas
authors: FC
authors: Pompeu
authors: Leila
authors: L
authors: Chamahum
authors: Tâmara Miguel
authors: TM
authors: Araújo
authors: José Maria Penido
authors: JM
authors: Silva
authors: Cristiane
authors: C
authors: Nahas
authors: Eleonora Moreira
authors: EM
authors: Lima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors