An easy outpatient protocol for CAPD peritonitis and its therapeutic value.

A critical pathway for outpatient treatment of CAPD peritonitis.

A critical pathway is a multidisciplinary patient care plan that outlines the pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies, interventions, and outcomes expected throughout a patient's hospitalization or treatment (1-3). It allows for a standardized approach to patient management using current practices, scientific evidence, and benchmarking, and may be used for documentation of intervention...

Outcome following Capd-associated Gram-negative Peritonitis

Divisions of Nephrology and *Infections Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC Received: February, 2002 Revised: May, 2002 Accepted: July, 2002 Address reprint requests to: Dr. Shyi-Yu Chung, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, No 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: (04) ...

Outpatient CAPD catheter salvage for persistent exit-site/tunnel infection.

BACKGROUND Partial replantation (i.e. replacement of the extraperitoneal portion of the catheter with creation of a new subcutaneous tunnel) has been suggested to avoid catheter removal in patients with persistent exit-site/tunnel infection (ESTI). However, published experience with this technique is limited. METHODS Partial replantation was performed on an outpatient basis under local anesth...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

relationship between serum leptin level and peritonitis in capd patients