Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis in Lebanese Children of Families with Low Socioeconomic Status

Leanos-Miranda A. Factors predicting survival in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Rev Invest Clin 1997; 49: 355–60.

de Andrade Bastos K. , Qureshi A.R. , Lopes A.A. , Fernandes N. , Barbosa L.M. , Pecoits-Filho R. Family income and survival in Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study Patients (BRAZPD): time to revisit a myth? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 6: 1676–83.

Warady B.A. , Feneberg R. , Verrina E. , Flynn J.T. , Muller-Wiefel D.E. , Besbas N. Peritonitis in children who receive long-term peritoneal dialysis: a prospective evaluation of therapeutic guidelines. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18: 2172–9.

Rubin J. , Kirchner K. , Ray R. , Bower J.D. Demographic factors associated with dialysis technique failures among patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Arch Intern Med 1985; 145: 1041–4.

Laithy H. , Abu-Ismail K. , Hamdan K. Poverty, growth and income distribution in Lebanon. International Poverty Centre, United Nations Development Programme. Country Study number 13, January 2008.

Schaefer F. , Borzych-Duzalka D. , Azocar M. , Munarriz R.L. , Sever L. , Aksu N. Impact of global economic disparities on practices and outcomes of chronic peritoneal dialysis in children: insights from the International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network Registry. Perit Dial Int 2012; 32: 399–409.

Furth S.L. , Donaldson L.A. , Sullivan E.K. , Watkins S.L. Peritoneal dialysis catheter infections and peritonitis in children: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study. Pediatr Nephrol 2000; 15: 179–82.

Abu-Aisha H. , Elhassan E.A. , Khamis A.H. , Fedail H. , Kaballo B. , Abdelraheem M.B. Rates and causes of peritonitis in a National Multicenter Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis program in Sudan: first-year experience. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2007; 18: 565–70.

Holloway M. , Mujais S. , Kandert M. , Warady B.A. Pediatric peritoneal dialysis training: characteristics and impact on peritonitis rates. Perit Dial Int 2001; 21: 401–4.