
Thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis.
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Hughes, GC; Ketchersid, TL; Lenzen, JM; Lowe, JE
Published in: Ann Thorac Surg
May 1999
Approximately 20% of the 100,000 patients in the United States currently undergoing dialysis therapy for end-stage renal disease use the technique of peritoneal dialysis. We present a patient on peritoneal dialysis who developed a large posterior mediastinal mass, which on surgical exploration was found to be a paraesophageal hernia sac filled with omentum and dialysis fluid. We use this case as an introduction to review the thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis.
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Ann Thorac Surg
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ISSN
0003-4975
Publication Date
May 1999
Volume
67
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1518 / 1522
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Respiratory System
- Respiratory Muscles
- Pressure
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Male
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Hydrothorax
- Humans
- Hernia, Hiatal
- Adult
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Hughes, G. C., Ketchersid, T. L., Lenzen, J. M., & Lowe, J. E. (1999). Thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis. Ann Thorac Surg, 67(5), 1518–1522. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00178-2
Hughes, G. C., T. L. Ketchersid, J. M. Lenzen, and J. E. Lowe. “Thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis.” Ann Thorac Surg 67, no. 5 (May 1999): 1518–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00178-2.
Hughes GC, Ketchersid TL, Lenzen JM, Lowe JE. Thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 May;67(5):1518–22.
Hughes, G. C., et al. “Thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis.” Ann Thorac Surg, vol. 67, no. 5, May 1999, pp. 1518–22. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00178-2.
Hughes GC, Ketchersid TL, Lenzen JM, Lowe JE. Thoracic complications of peritoneal dialysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 May;67(5):1518–1522.

Published In
Ann Thorac Surg
DOI
ISSN
0003-4975
Publication Date
May 1999
Volume
67
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1518 / 1522
Location
Netherlands
Related Subject Headings
- Respiratory System
- Respiratory Muscles
- Pressure
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Male
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Hydrothorax
- Humans
- Hernia, Hiatal
- Adult