Not all nephrology fellowship programs offer structured, in-house training in home dialysis modalities. Opportunities for extended third-year training focused on peritoneal dialysis (PD) are also limited. Even at institutions with robust PD programs, 24-hour on-site support staff are…
During a night call in my first year of nephrology fellowship, I was asked a question that I had never heard before: ‘What do we do when we see black effluent draining out of the peritoneal dialysis (PD)…
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…
Jade M. Teakell, MD, PhD, FASN Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director of Nephrology FellowshipMcGovern Medical School, Houston TX@jmteakell A 62-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and kidney failure on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presents with…
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…
