Publications by authors named "T Cabralda"

The goal of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of Amuchina 50% solution versus that of povidone-iodine 10% solution for transfer-set change in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in a tertiary referral university hospital. The transfer sets were changed using povidone-iodine 10% solution as disinfectant prior to March 1995. Thereafter Amuchina 50% solution was used.

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The purpose of our study was to investigate catheter outcome of persistent exit-site/tunnel infections (ESI/TIs) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The patients underwent removal of subcutaneous cuff due to persistent ESI/TI from January 1989 to December 1996 in a tertiary referral university hospital. Two hundred and twenty-three patients (138 male, 85 female) underwent 244 double-cuff coiled Swan neck catheter implantations surgically.

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Objective: The study examined the accuracy of nurses' assessments of patient compliance and identified factors influencing these assessments, including possible biases.

Design: Nurses' assessments of compliance, lab serum levels of dietary compliance, and interdialytic weight gain (IWG) were collected and compared to each other. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) were compared on these measures and their compliance.

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Our objective was to evaluate the multiple use of the tubing set of the HomeChoice automated peritoneal dialysis (PD) system in PD patients. The study was designed to reuse the tubing set of the HomeChoice automated PD system for two to seven treatments, each of 16-24 hours duration, in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, and to continue to use the same set if the patient was disconnected for any reason. In a tertiary-referral university hospital, 17 ESRD patients on PD, admitted to a university hospital from January, 1995 to September, 1995, were studied.

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