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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 Nov-Dec;34(7):810-3.
doi: 10.3747/pdi.2012.00347.

The use of exchange-free periods alternating with daily exchanges of icodextrin in the initial treatment of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis: a safety study

Maha Yehia  1 , Grace Muyoma  2 , Nicholas Topley  2 , John F Collins  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The use of exchange-free periods alternating with daily exchanges of icodextrin in the initial treatment of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis: a safety study

Maha Yehia et al. Perit Dial Int. 2014 Nov-Dec.
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Figure 1 —
Figure 1 —
Study design and procedures. (A) Study procedure for the Interventional group. (B) Procedure for the Control group. abs = antibiotics; D = dextrose.
Figure 2 —
Figure 2 —
Trends over the interventional phase of the study. (A) Mean serum sodium both groups over the intervention phase. (B) Mean serum CRP both groups over the intervention phase. (C) Mean log dialysate WCC both groups over the intervention phase. CRP = C-reactive protein; WCC = white cell count.
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