Advanced Nursing Experience is Beneficial for Lowering the Peritonitis Rate in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis
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- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
- Vol. 32 (1) , 60-66
Abstract
♦ Objectives: We explored the relationship between the experience level of nurses and the peritonitis risk in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.Keywords
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