As blood in the peritoneal capillaries comes into contact with dialysate in the peritoneal cavity, solutes in the blood diffuse into the dialysate. The osmotic gradient created by glucose in the ...

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), who have to go on maintenance dialysis to extend their survival, have the option of hospital-based haemodialysis (HD) or home-based continuous ambulatory ...

Quality of life is similar between patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing hemodialysis and those having continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in the hospital. There is no ...

In some parts of the world, peritoneal dialysis is widely used for renal replacement in acute renal failure. In resource-rich countries, it has been supplanted in recent years by hemodialysis and, ...

CUTTACK: Unavailability of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) fluid, essential for dialysis procedure, at SCB medical college and hospital has posed a huge problem for kidney patients ...