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We present a case of a young girl with end-stage renal disease secondary to anti-glomerular basement membrane disease who was receiving maintenance peritoneal dialysis and developed pure red cell aplasia secondary to anti-erythropoietin (EPO) antibodies. This occurred 13 months after the initiation of EPO alfa therapy for anemia. Initially, the patient required intermittent red blood cell transfusions...
Pediatric peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients are at risk for acute peritonitis. One risk factor is accidental exposure of the catheter to a non-sterile surface. We studied catheter exposures in 17 pediatric patients receiving PD who developed 16 holes and 12 other accidental exposures. The rate of exposures was 3.7 events/100 patient-months. After exposure, the mean counts (± standard error) of white...
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