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Assessment Of Procalcitonin And Other Inflammatory Markers In Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis*, Reyhan Öztürk, Gül R. Yilmaz, Cemal Bulut, Hülya Parpucu, Sami̇ Kinikli, Murat Duranay, Ali̇ Pekcan Demi̇röz
Assessment Of Procalcitonin And Other Inflammatory Markers In Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis*, Reyhan Öztürk, Gül R. Yilmaz, Cemal Bulut, Hülya Parpucu, Sami̇ Kinikli, Murat Duranay, Ali̇ Pekcan Demi̇röz
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
It is demonstrated that in end-stage renal failure without an infectious pathology conventional laboratory parameters such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) or other acute-phase proteins increase non-specifically. We aimed to evaluate procalcitonin (PCT) and other inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)-related peritonitis. Materials and methods: A case-control study was conducted in a 600-bed tertiary hospital. Fifty patients with CAPD-related peritonitis constituting the study group and 50 CAPD patients without infection as the control group were included in the study between February 2006 …
Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis: An Analysis Of Risk Factors In Northeast Anatolia*, Mustafa Keleş, Ramazan Çeti̇nkaya, Abdullah Uyanik, Hami̇t Acemoğlu, Fatma Saatçi, Muhammet Hami̇dullah Uyanik
Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis: An Analysis Of Risk Factors In Northeast Anatolia*, Mustafa Keleş, Ramazan Çeti̇nkaya, Abdullah Uyanik, Hami̇t Acemoğlu, Fatma Saatçi, Muhammet Hami̇dullah Uyanik
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Peritonitis is almost the most frequent complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Besides being the most frequent reason of hospitalization, peritonitis is also the most important determining factor of mortality-morbidity and technique survival among PD patients. In this study, it was aimed to identify the risk factors for peritonitis in these patients. Materials and methods: In this clinical cohort, records of 218 patients were collected between January 1998 and December 2007. The patients’ demographic, clinical, and laboratory parameters were recorded. Results were analyzed to compare patients who never had peritonitis and patients with at least one episode of peritonitis. Independent predictors …