CAPD in Dammam Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia: A Five-Year Experience

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 ind...

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Main Authors: Youmbissi Joseph, Malik Taher, Al Khursany Issam, Ghacha Reda, Ajitkumar Sinha, Al Ahmed Farida, Rafi Ali, Rahman Mohamed, Karkar Ayman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2001-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Subjects:
CAPD
Saudi Arabia
Integrated care
Dammam
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2001;volume=12;issue=4;spage=511;epage=515;aulast=Youmbissi
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Summary: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 &#x00B1; 17.2 years. The main indication for CAPD was poor or failed vascular access (51.4&#x0025;). Peritonitis remained the major complication with an overall incidence of 0.62 episode per patient year. <i> Staphylococcus epidermidis </i> was the main causative organism. Therapy with CAPD lasted a mean of 26 &#x00B1; 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.
ISSN:1319-2442

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