Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Stanley Fan; Nasreen Samad
- Source
- Primer on Nephrology ISBN: 9783030764180
Practical Nephrology ISBN: 9781447155461
- Subject
- Oncotic pressure
Peritoneal cavity
medicine.anatomical_structure
Dialysis fluid
Chemistry
Diffusion
Peritoneal membrane
medicine.medical_treatment
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
medicine
Peritoneal dialysis
Biomedical engineering
- Language
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is performed by filling the peritoneal cavity with dialysis fluid, allowing this to dwell before draining the fluid out and repeating the process with fresh dialysate. Solute transfer is by diffusion and convection transport whilst water moves across the osmotic or oncotic gradient.