Peritoneal dialysis

Anthony Basil Leong was devastated when he was first diagnosed with chronic kidney disease four years back because it meant foregoing his travelling plans. [...] When he was told that he had to do dialysis for his kidney problem, he knew there was no way he could go travelling. [...] Everything changed when Leong was introduced to Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD), a machine that automatically conducts dialysis exchanges while the patient sleeps.

HDU's main focus is advocating and supporting those on home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis modalities, and all patients and care partners who are  interested in obtaining more information about home dialysis.

Asking patients to perform their own dialysis can be a tall order, even when you provide the needed training

Years ago, the Annual Dialysis Conference was simply known as “the PD conference.” Although it also incorporated sessions on hemodialysis, as it does today, it was the source each year for learning about the latest developments in the world of peritoneal dialysis

Just like hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis is just one kidney replacement therapy. Developing a healthy diet plan can help patients undergo peritoneal dialysis easily. Now, we are here to teach peritoneal dialysis patients how to arrange a kidney-friendly diet plan.

High blood pressure is not a common symptom of peritoneal dialysis, because peritoneal dialysis is a daily therapy. It is said that only 30 percent of peritoneal dialysis patients require hypertensive therapy. What medicine should they take to lower blood pressure with peritoneal dialysis? In order to preserve the remaining kidney function, they had better pay more attention to the medicine they take.

Because peritoneal dialysis is usually performed daily, potassium, sodium and fluid don’t build up too much during dialysis session, so diet is more liberal for people on peritoneal dialysis than hemodialysis. Juice, commonly made from vegetables and fruits, is one nourishing drink for kidney disease patients. Well, can peritoneal dialysis patients drink juice?

Peritoneal dialysis is a relatively convenient blood purification for kidney failure patients compared with hemodialysis, as it can be done by patients themselves at home. Similar with patients undergoing hemodialysis, patients with peritoneal dialysis also need to do it regularly. Well, what happens if one forget to do it?

Peritoneal dialysis is one of the major dialysis treatment for end stage kidney disease patients and the others being hemodialysis and colon dialysis. Here we will mainly talk about the advantages of peritoneal dialysis and who are more suitable to have peritoneal dialysis than hemodialysis.

For the first time, two government hospitals in the state will be equipped with peritoneal dialysis, a treatment process for chronic kidney disease which can be undertaken by the patient without visiting hospitals.

As one kidney replacement therapy, peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been accepted all over the world. Communicating with peritoneal dialysis patients, you will find weight gain and bloating are their common complaints. If you are faced by the same problem, follow me to find out the cause and corresponding treatment.

It is common that kidney failure patients treated with peritoneal dialysis complain of skin itching, so most of people on peritoneal dialysis urgently want to make clear why peritoneal dialysis causes itching and the effective treatment.

ERA EDTA 2013 session of interventional nephrology ASIND

Peritoneal dialysis is for maintaining kidney failure patients’ life. Since it is unable to work as effectively as kidneys, quite a number of kidney patients have consulted that how long a patient can live on peritoneal dialysis.

The global market is valued at $61.60 billion in 2013 and is expected to reach $83.20 billion by 2018, at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2013 to 2018.

The global market has been segmented into two broad segments, namely, hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD). The hemodialysis segment is further categorized into HD products and HD services. The peritoneal dialysis segment is categorized into PD products and PD services. Furthermore, this report describes the HD and PD markets based on category. In this segment, the hemodialysis market includes center use hemodialysis and home hemodialysis. The peritoneal dialysis market is categorized into continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis (CCPD), continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD), and PD Plus therapy. The CCPD segment holds the largest share of the peritoneal dialysis market in 2013 and is poised to grow at a CAGR of 8.2% in the forecast period. Based on the end users, the global market is segmented into in-center dialysis and home dialysis.

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)