Smith CA
Reduced incidence of peritonitis by utilizing "flush before
fill" in APD
17th Annual CAPD Conference
Perit Dial Int Suppl 1
(Feb) 17:S45 1997
The "flush before fill" technique is known to decrease the
incidence of peritonitis in CAPD. In this study, this technique
was examined in patients on APD and compared to standard APD
technique (225 patient-months each). There were 8 episodes of
peritonitis in the flush before fill vs. 22 episodes in the
standard group. Thus this technique also appears to be
beneficial in APD patients.
Comment: This is a "common sense" abstract but provides
evidence
for using the flush before fill technique with APD.
(David J. Leehey, M.D., Loyola University at Chicago)
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