Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • In Brief
  • Published:

Paediatrics

Experience of concurrent peritoneal dialysis and VPS

Nature Reviews Nephrology volume 8, page 613 (2012)Cite this article

Subjects

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

The experience of 135 centres participating in the International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network with regard to children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) on peritoneal dialysis has been collated to inform best practice. Among the 18 patients with concurrent VPS and peritoneal dialysis catheters, the peritonitis rate was one in 19.6 months. No infections or complications of catheter dysfunction were reported, suggesting that VPS should not preclude peritoneal dialysis in children.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

  1. Dolan, N. M. et al. Ventriculoperitoneal shunts in children on peritoneal dialysis: a survey of the International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network. Pediatr. Nephrol. doi:10.1007/s00467-012-2303-9

Download references

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Experience of concurrent peritoneal dialysis and VPS. Nat Rev Nephrol 8, 613 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2012.208

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2012.208

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing