How to avoid peritonitis in uremic patients with peritoneal dialysis

Author: Leo and Lucy
Key words: nephropathy

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Guidance
Peritonitis is one of the common complications of uremia in patients with peritoneal dialysis. The cause of peritonitis is often related to factors such as sterile requirements or improper tunneling care, gastrointestinal infections and decreased resistance to disease. Therefore, the prevention of peritonitis should pay attention to the occurrence of aseptic operation, do the tunnel outlet and catheter external short tube care, pay attention to diet and so on.
Peritonitis is one of the common complications of uremia in patients with peritoneal dialysis. The cause of peritonitis is often related to factors such as sterile requirements or improper tunneling care, gastrointestinal infections and decreased resistance to disease. Therefore, the prevention of peritonitis should pay attention to the occurrence of aseptic operation, do the tunnel outlet and catheter external short tube care, pay attention to diet and so on.
1. Change the environment and requirements: abdominal fluid needs 3 meters or so as the exchange area, should be kept clean and dry, adequate light, regular cleaning and disinfection.
2. Tunnel exit care: before the tunnel exit care should be thoroughly cleaned and wiped hands, abdominal catheterization should be kept after the tunnel outlet dry until completely healed, during the shower and bath should be avoided. Daily or the next day bath dressing 1, if the infection, you need a dressing once a day.
3. Dialysis catheter and external short tube care: catheter and external short tube should be tightly connected to avoid falling off. External short pipe use 6 months must be replaced, if damaged or switch failure should be replaced immediately.
4. Daily Note: Peritoneal dialysis patients should enhance immune function, increase nutrition, to avoid intestinal infection, pay attention to food hygiene, to maintain smooth stool.

Once found that dialysis drainage fluid turbidity or unexplained abdominal pain, diarrhea or dialysis solution overweight should be promptly checked, the occurrence of gastrointestinal infections, biliary tract infection, should be timely treatment, so as not to induce peritonitis.

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