Utility of the 5-day Cell Count in Refractory Peritonitis

A retrospective study in Turkey analyzed 11 years of data on 135 patients with 236 episodes of refractory peritonitis. While age, gender, diabetes, prior hemodialysis, and PD duration did not reveal any significant differences, a day 5 dialysate white blood cell count higher than 1000/mm3 and hospitalization were linked width catheter loss.

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