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Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 2
Sriram Sriperumbuduri MD DM DRCPSCNephrology FellowThe Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Canada@sriperumbuduris Check out part 1! What are the other methods to overcome prolonged lost dwell times? Tidal PD Manual drain at the end of the cycler CAPD Accept a…
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
Sriram Sriperumbuduri MD DM DRCPSCNephrology FellowThe Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Canada@sriperumbuduris Catheter dysfunction in peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a common complication leading to diminished quality of life, reduced dialysis and the potential to abandon PD and transition to hemodialysis…
Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis – Annual Symposium on October 1st (Virtual)
Date & Location: Friday, October 1, 2021, 8:15 AM – 4:00 PM EST, Internet – Live Course Overview Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) is a one day live virtual conference on home dialysis, sponsored by the Icahn School…
Tenckhoff Catheter Insertion by a Nephrologist
Despite its many benefits, peritoneal dialysis (PD) uptake is quite poor in many countries. For example, in Malaysia, around 12% of all patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) are on PD). One barrier to use of this…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 8: EPS, A Feared Complication of PD
Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS) is an extremely rare, but devastating possible complication of peritoneal dialysis. The International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) defines it as a “syndrome continuously, intermittently, or repeatedly presenting with symptoms of intestinal obstruction caused…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 7: My Effluent Looks Like Milk
Hey doc, my effluent looks kinda like milk…would it taste good with cookies? Chyloperitoneum is a rare cause of cloudy or even outright white milky effluent. This classic appearance is due to the presence of chylomicrons in a…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 6: We Have a Leak!
In the differential diagnosis of inadequate ultrafiltreation, one of the possible entities is a dialysate leak. The more insidious leak will present with weight gain and decreased drain volumes as the dialysate leaks into different planes/potential spaces and…
“Let’s Talk about Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 5: Why Won’t My Patient Ultrafiltrate?
Is my peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient’s hypervolemia due to ultrafiltration failure (UF)? UF is a specific diagnosis with a definition of a failure to achieve 400 mL of ultrafiltration during a 4 hour dwell using 4.25% dextrose. While…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 4: Not Drain Pain…But Infusion Pain
Welcome to post 4 of the “Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)” Series! In post 3 we discussed drain pain, and today we discuss infusion pain (pain during dialysate infusion into the abdomen) which can be just as distressing…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 3: Drain Pain…Ouch
“Hey doc, it hurts every time I do this.” “Well, stop doing that.” Ah, if it were so simple. What is one to do when “this” is draining peritoneal dialysis (PD) dialysate? A simple question with a not…