Objective: Intravascular catheter-associated infection has been increasing hospitalization in post-surgery patients mainly due to microbial colonization of the catheter surface and formation of a superficial biofilm layer. The present study is aimed in developing an effective antibacterial device which can prevent colonization of organisms by modification of catheter. Methods: In the present st...

BACKGROUND The success of peritoneal dialysis (PD) is dependent on timely and adequate PD catheter access. In many centres, including our own, PD catheter insertion technique has evolved by laparoscopic surgery. An alternative method of catheter insertion is performed by radiologists using a percutaneous modified Seldinger technique under fluoroscopic guidance. However, there are no clinical tr...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter survival is challenging because of infection and malfunction. The swan-neck presternal catheter has a coiled intra-abdominal segment with a bead and a flanged cuff at the peritoneum; a titanium adapter joins the abdominal segment to the upper segment. The upper segment has two cuffs, one on either side of the presternal swan-neck segment. The present study eval...

background: energy deficit is a common and serious problem in pediatric intensive care units. parenteral nutrition, either alone or in combination with enteral nutrition, can improve nutrient delivery in critically ill patients by preventing or correcting the energy deficit and improving the outcomes. intralipid 10% and 20% are lipid emulsions, widely used in parenteral nutrition. despite sever...

Background: Prevention of catheter-related infection is of prime importance,. However, because of the risks caused by the leakage of circulating antibiotics and development of resistance to antibiotics, they are replaced by lock solutions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and cost- effectiveness of taurolidine-citrate as a hemodialysis catheter lock solution compared to other ...

Table 1. Demographic data of the reported patients on dialysis with Chryseobacterium meningosepticum infection Gender/ Dialysis Access for Source of Initial Reference age modality dialysis infection Consequence antibiotics Outcome [2] F/33 CAPD a Tenckhoff Dialysate Peritonitis Not respond Not remove access, catheter effluent (TOB + VAN) survival [3] F/76 CAPD Tenckhoff Dialysate effluent Perit...

BACKGROUND Mechanical catheter dysfunction caused by omentum entrapment remains a major complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the outcomes of omentum folding at the time of primary open catheter insertion. METHODS From March 2008 to December 2012, a total of 67 PD subjects were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to receive either...

Despite the advocation of fistula first strategy, over 80 % incident dialysis patients initiate with tunnelled catheters (TDC) and 30 remain catheter dependent. related blood stream infection (CRBSI) is a dreaded complication reported incidence rate 1.1 to 5.5 per 1000 days. Conventionally management CRBSI includes IV antibiotics along antibiotic lock solution. this 30-50 require removal, espec...

PURPOSE One of the major drawbacks of peritoneal dialysis (PD) is catheter migration and dysfunction. Preventing catheter migration is one of the main concerns. We compared laparoscopic internal fixation method with open surgical method for catheter migration rates. METHODS From January 2008 to August 2009, PD catheters were inserted by laparoscopic fixation (LF) method in 22 patients and by ...