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Peritoneal scintigraphy showing tracer activity in abdomen and right lung area (arrow).
- Figure 2.
Peritoneal scintigraphy showing tracer at the abdominal and genital level, confirming a genital leak (arrows).
- Figure 3.
Peritoneal scintigraphy showing tracer at the pericatheter level (arrow).
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Suspected Leak Total Tested (n) Peritoneal Scintigraphy Result (n) Positive Negative Pleural 15 5 10 Pleural and genital 2 — 2 External genitals 8 8 — Genital and abdominal wall 3 3 — Abdominal wall 8 4 4 Pericatheter 3 3 — Total 39 23 16 - Table 3.
Further tests in patients with negative peritoneal scintigraphy results (several tests per patient)
Suspected Leak Negative PS (n) CT (n) US (n) X-ray (n) Thoracocentesis (n) Pleural 10 9 — 10 7 Pleural and genital 2 2 — 1 — External genitals 2 2 1 1 — Abdominal wall 3a 1 2 — — PS, peritoneal scintigraphy; CT, computed tomography; US, ultrasound.
↵a One patient not studied as had sudden cardiac death.
Case Series Year Published PS (n) Patients (n) Cohort on PD (during study period) (n) Study Period (n) Leak Suspicion (n) Positive PS (n) Incidence (%) Juergensen et al. (16) 1999 50 48 204 per yr 1991–1996 34 patients 16 5 Tokmak et al. (20) 2006 17 17 — 2000–2004 13 7 5 This study 2020 39 36 344 2000–2018 36 23 6 PS, peritoneal scintigraphy; PD, peritoneal dialysis.
Utility of Peritoneal Scintigraphy in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: One Center Experience
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