COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCAL APPLICATION OF CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE, MUPIROCIN OINTMENT, AND NORMAL SALINE FOR THE PREVENTION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS-RELATED INFECTIONS (COSMO-PD TRIAL): A MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, CONTROLLED PROTOCOL

Abstract Background Current international guidelines recommend the use of a daily topical exit-site antimicrobial to prevent peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related infections.Although nonantibiotic-based therapies are appealing because they may limit antimicrobial resistance, no controlled trials have been conducted to compare topical antimicrobial agent

Introduction: The paper analyzes an experimental load-bearing structure of hybrid cast-in-place and precast lowrise residential buildings using 9002nc wall panels with polymer tube confined concrete elements.Due to the improvement of design and process solutions, it is possible to decrease the cost, reduce the material and resource intensity of ind

Background and aim: Inflammatory diseases that affect the outer retina do so by different mechanisms.Some of them result from the direct, primary involvement of the outer retina (primary photoreceptoritis) such as acute zonal outer occult retinopathy (AZOOR).Others affect the photoreceptors secondarily due to the inflammatory involvement of the cho

The paper reveals the sustainable transformation of Local Government Administration in the contemporary digital age.The previous related studies merely focused on local government reforms.Therefore, this paper is to fill the literature gap by finding how local government administration will be computerized to conform with the global system and chal