Outcomes of peritonitis in children on peritoneal dialysis: a 25-year experience at Severance Hospital.

Purpose: Relatively little is known on the microbiology, risk factors and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis in Korean children. We performed this study in order to evaluate the incidence, treatment and clinical outcomes of peritonitis in pediatric PD patients at Severance Hospital.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed data from 57 PD patients younger than 18 years during the period between June 1, 1986 and December 31, 2011.

Urinary bladder rupture during voiding cystourethrography.

Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) is a commonly performed diagnostic procedure for the evaluation of vesicoureteral reflux with urinary tract infection or congenital renal diseases in children. The procedure is relatively simple and cost-effective, and complications are very rare. The iatrogenic complication of VCUG range from discomfort, urinary tract infection to bacteremia, as well as bladder rupture.