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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 ...

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 ...

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).

Similarly, the treatment of AKI in children has expanded from intermittent peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis to continuous RRT, and hemofiltration is now the primary therapy in most ...

The study review showed that the incidence of calciphylaxis was higher in patients on peritoneal dialysis at 4.1 to 4.2 cases per 1,000 patient years, while only 0.6 to 0.8 cases per 1,000 patient ...

Peritoneal dialysis is a widely used home-based treatment for kidney failure, and is more flexible and convenient than traditional hemodialysis in a hospital.

Peritoneal dialysis, on the other hand, is less disruptive to a patient’s life and is often performed at home. In it, a bag of special fluid is attached to a catheter in their abdominal lining.

Derrick Winters received a new kidney just two weeks ago, after using peritoneal dialysis for over five years. “It started out a hereditary polycystic kidney disease,” said Winters.