A Randomized Controlled Trial of Coiled Versus Straight Swan-Neck Tenckhoff Catheters in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Background: Current clinical practice guidelines recommend that no particular type of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter has been proved superior to another. However, a recent Cochrane review recommended the need for a large, well-designed, randomized, controlled trial of straight versus coiled PD ca...

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Published in:	American journal of kidney diseases Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 812 - 821
Main Authors:	Johnson, David W., Wong, Jennifer, Wiggins, Kathryn J., Kirwan, Robyn, Griffin, Anthony, Preston, John, Wall, Daryl, Campbell, Scott B., Isbel, Nicole M., Mudge, David W., Hawley, Carmel M., Nicol, David L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Orlando, FL Elsevier Inc 01-11-2006 Elsevier
Subjects:	Aged Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Catheterization - adverse effects Coiled Tenckhoff catheter Drainage - instrumentation Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management Equipment Design Equipment Failure exit-site infections Female Humans Intensive care medicine kidney failure, chronic Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Peritoneal Dialysis - adverse effects Peritoneal Dialysis - instrumentation peritonitis Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Renal failure straight Tenckhoff catheter technique survival Time Factors Treatment Failure tunnel infections kidney failure, chronic tunnel infections peritonitis straight Tenckhoff catheter technique survival Coiled Tenckhoff catheter exit-site infections Kidney disease Human Site Nephrology Urinary system disease chronic; peritonitis; straight Tenckhoff catheter; technique survival; tunnel infections Catheter Survival Peritoneal dialysis Urology Coil Infection Extrarenal dialysis Chronic Abdominal disease Renal failure Randomised controlled trial Neck Technique Comparative study Peritonitis Tunnels Coiled Tenckhoff catheter; exit-site infections; kidney failure
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