Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection

Some peritoneal dialysis catheter infections cannot be detected via a physical examination. Ultrasound of the PD catheter tunnel should be performed in cases of suspected infection or clinical abnormality at the catheter tunnel site.

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Yoshihiro, Watanabe, Tsuyoshi, Takizawa, Naoho, Fujita, Yoshiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5200
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Watanabe, Tsuyoshi
Takizawa, Naoho
Fujita, Yoshiro
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spelling pubmed-87107072021-12-27 Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection Nakamura, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Takizawa, Naoho Fujita, Yoshiro Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Some peritoneal dialysis catheter infections cannot be detected via a physical examination. Ultrasound of the PD catheter tunnel should be performed in cases of suspected infection or clinical abnormality at the catheter tunnel site. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8710707/ /pubmed/34963803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5200 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Nakamura, Yoshihiro
Watanabe, Tsuyoshi
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Fujita, Yoshiro
Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection
title Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection
title_full Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection
title_fullStr Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection
title_full_unstemmed Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection
title_short Importance of ultrasound examination: A case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection
title_sort importance of ultrasound examination: a case of peritoneal catheter tunnel infection
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5200
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