TY - JOUR
T1 - Resource utilization for peritoneal catheter placement
AU - Agulnik, Mark
AU - Hirsch, David J.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - We reviewed hospitalization data for our large regional peritoneal dialysis (PD) program between January 1, 1997, and November 30, 1998, to determine the impact of inpatient PD catheter placement, by using Toronto Western II catheters placed under general anesthesia. Of 106 catheter placements, 80 were elective in previously identified renal failure patients. In elective cases, mean length of hospital stay was 6.75 days (SD, 7.01), median 4.5 days. These Canadian data are similar to those from the American Health Cost and Utilization Project. Evidently surgical PD catheter placement even in elective, planned circumstances involves a significant use of hospital resources. Current published reports do not outline hospital resource requirements or complication rates for this method.
AB - We reviewed hospitalization data for our large regional peritoneal dialysis (PD) program between January 1, 1997, and November 30, 1998, to determine the impact of inpatient PD catheter placement, by using Toronto Western II catheters placed under general anesthesia. Of 106 catheter placements, 80 were elective in previously identified renal failure patients. In elective cases, mean length of hospital stay was 6.75 days (SD, 7.01), median 4.5 days. These Canadian data are similar to those from the American Health Cost and Utilization Project. Evidently surgical PD catheter placement even in elective, planned circumstances involves a significant use of hospital resources. Current published reports do not outline hospital resource requirements or complication rates for this method.
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U2 - 10.1097/00002480-200101000-00020
DO - 10.1097/00002480-200101000-00020
M3 - Article
C2 - 11199325
AN - SCOPUS:0035176578
SN - 1058-2916
VL - 47
SP - 97
EP - 98
JO - ASAIO Journal
JF - ASAIO Journal
IS - 1
ER -