Objective: Describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children and adolescents with coronavirus disease in Tacna.Material and methods: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. All children and adolescents under 20 years of age with coronavirus infection in the Tacna Region, with a positive rapid and/or molecular test, were included during the period from May 1 to December 31, 2020. The data comes from the database from data from the Epidemiology Office of the Tacna Health Region. Descriptive analysis was performed using absolute and relative frequencies of categorical variables, using Microsoft Excel software.Results: In this period, 23,124 cases of positive COVID-19 were reported in the Tacna region, of which 2,377 were in children under 20 years of age, with an incidence of 10,3 %, of which 61,7 % were in adolescents of 10 years of age at 19 years old, ma...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a treatment used in patients with kidney failure, it consists of the purification of harmful substances from the harmless ones and not only that, but it also allows the elimination of excess electrolytes in the body, thanks to the fact that it uses the coating of the abdomen called "peritoneal membrane" as a filter. A review article was made of 21 bibliographic works, from which the essential information was extracted. A history of peritoneal dialysis is shown, implements such as the catheter and dialysate solution, types of PD treatment: Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD): adapted Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (aAPD), Tidal Peritoneal Dialysis (TPD), Continuous Cyclic Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD), Nocturnal Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis (NIPD) and Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis (IPD). Finally, the most ...