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Association between keeping home records of catheter exit-site and incidence of peritoneal dialysis-related infections
Association between keeping home records of catheter exit-site and incidence of peritoneal dialysis-related infections
- Source :
- International urology and nephrology. 50(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- To prevent peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infection, components of self-catheter care have been emphasized. However, studies on the effectiveness of home recording for the prevention of PD-related infections are limited. This study aimed to examine the association between keeping home records of catheter exit site and incidence of PD-related infections. Home record books were submitted by patients undergoing PD. The proportion of days on which exit-site home recording was carried out for 120 days (0–100%) was obtained. The patients were divided into the frequent home recording group (≥ 40.5%; median value) and the infrequent home recording group (
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis
Urology
medicine.medical_treatment
030232 urology & nephrology
Peritonitis
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Peritoneal dialysis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Catheters, Indwelling
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
Univariate analysis
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Incidence
Retrospective cohort study
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Confidence interval
Self Care
Catheter
Health Records, Personal
Nephrology
Catheter-Related Infections
Female
business
Peritoneal Dialysis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15732584
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International urology and nephrology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a466275f2a6577176467420f05bcf468