Yasuhiro Oda, Kunihiro Ishioka, Hidekazu Moriya, Shinya Taguchi, Rikako Oki, Kenji Matsui, Yasuhiro Mochida, Sumi Hidaka, Takayasu Ohtake, Shuzo Kobayashi
Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis is a common complication of PD. Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is a rare complication of PD-related peritonitis, has a high mortality rate, and therefore should be detected early once it occurs. We describe a case of a 70-year-old woman on PD presented with moderate abdominal pain and low blood pressure, which contributed to the early diagnosis of PD-related peritonitis complicated with NOMI. Increased white cell count of 7150/μL (neutrophil, 84%) in dialysate effluent was diagnostic of PD-related peritonitis, which was later found to be caused by Pseudomonas putida...
February 2021: CEN Case Reports