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Clinical Studies

Peritoneal cells at admission: do they have prognostic significance in peritonitis?

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Pages 335-342 | Received 01 Oct 2009, Accepted 16 Dec 2009, Published online: 06 Apr 2010

Figures & data

TABLE 1.  Laboratory parameters of 80 peritonitis attacks of 55 patients at the time of hospital admission

FIGURE 1.  The regression graphic of peritoneal dialysis effluent leukocyte count at the time of hospital admission and the length of hospital stay.

FIGURE 1.  The regression graphic of peritoneal dialysis effluent leukocyte count at the time of hospital admission and the length of hospital stay.

FIGURE 2.  The regression graphic of the time elapsed between the onset of symptoms of peritonitis and hospital admission, and the length of hospital stay.

FIGURE 2.  The regression graphic of the time elapsed between the onset of symptoms of peritonitis and hospital admission, and the length of hospital stay.

FIGURE 3.  The regression graphic of serum C-reactive protein level at the time of hospital admission and the length of hospital stay.

FIGURE 3.  The regression graphic of serum C-reactive protein level at the time of hospital admission and the length of hospital stay.

TABLE 2.  The correlations of peritoneal dialysis effluent neutrophil and lymphomononuclear cell percentages at the time of hospital admission with clinical and laboratory parameters

TABLE 3.  The comparative clinical and laboratory data of the patients who had been admitted to the hospital within or ≥24 hours of onset of peritonitis symptoms

FIGURE 4.  The comparisons of the lengths of hospital stay of patients who had been admitted to hospital within and ≥24 hours of the onset of peritonitis symptoms.

FIGURE 4.  The comparisons of the lengths of hospital stay of patients who had been admitted to hospital within and ≥24 hours of the onset of peritonitis symptoms.

TABLE 4.  Multiple linear regression analyses of potential predictors of the length of hospital stay because of a peritonitis attack

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