Peritoneal dialysis is a type of treatment that utilizes an individual's peritoneum or abdominal lining and a special fluid ...

For most people, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are equally ... places a catheter in your abdomen. The filtering process involves passing a sterile cleansing fluid into the catheter over ...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is performed inside the patient’s abdomen rather than involving ... from the blood into the dialysis solution. The fluid is then drained and replaced with fresh solution ...

but peritoneal dialysis, which involves him being hooked up to a machine that aids the filtration of his blood inside his stomach for 9-1/2 hours a night. Dialysis fluid fills his abdomen ...

2). Through the translucent stretched abdominal wall, we saw a large volume of reddish-brown peritoneal fluid. Before entering the abdominal cavity, we withdrew 35 ml of fluid by syringe.

LAS VEGAS — Education and training can encourage home dialysis uptake for pediatric patients and enable more successful ...