Since the introduction of intermittent peritoneal dialysis by Grollman et al. 1 in 1951 a number of reports have appeared attesting to its efficacy in the removal of dialyzable substances in acute ...

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The method of closed intermittent peritoneal dialysis developed in 1951 by Grollman et al. 3 for the treatment of acute renal failure has been modified for prolonged use in chronic renal failure ...

Infection. PD is a home dialysis procedure categorised into three types – continuous ambulatory dialysis (CAPD), continuous cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) and nocturnal intermittent ...

For patients who cannot tolerate hemodialysis and are unable or unwilling to perform peritoneal dialysis at home, in-center intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) might be the only treatment ...

Peritoneal dialysis can be to be done in cycles throughout the day (continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis) or only at night via a machine (intermittent automated peritoneal dialysis).

Continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis (CCPD), or automated peritoneal dialysis uses a machine to exchange the fluids. ... While a session of intermittent dialysis lasts for up to 6 hours, ...

Different modalities exist, including intermittent hemodialysis (3–4 h sessions 3–4 times a week), peritoneal dialysis, home daily/nightly hemodialysis, and continuous renal replacement ...

Intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) is not commonly used. 8,10 To receive IPD, patients must have some residual kidney function; however, the minimum degree of function required is unknown. 10 ...

Use of peritoneal dialysis therapy, with or without newer 'biocompatible' peritoneal dialysis solutions, is associated with an improvement in patient survival that is equivalent to that obtained ...

Daily nocturnal home hemodialysis, a vastly underutilized mode of treatment, significantly reduces patients' medication use?in some cases by almost 90%, a new study has shown. (National Kidney ...