EXIT SITE INFECTION IN PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS PATIENTS - PREVALENCE IN ASINGLE-CENTER AND EVALUATION OF A NURSING CHART

Authors
PANUCCIO V ENIA G PUSTORINO D BIONDO A CRUCITTI S ZOCCALI C
Citation
V. Panuccio et al., EXIT SITE INFECTION IN PERITONEAL-DIALYSIS PATIENTS - PREVALENCE IN ASINGLE-CENTER AND EVALUATION OF A NURSING CHART, Dialysis & transplantation, 26(3), 1997, pp. 143-144
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology","Engineering, Biomedical",Transplantation
Journal title
Dialysis & transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00902934
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
143 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-2934(1997)26:3<143:ESIIPP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We have evaluated a nursing chart for detecting exit site infection in 46 peritoneal dialysis patients. Signs of exit site infection weve ob served in 13/46 patients (28%). Using the nursing chart, the agreement between two independent observers was very good in detecting patients with exit site infection (Kappa statistics = 0.84).