Peritoneal Dialysis | 合法醫療器材資訊網

ContinuousAmbulatoryPeritonealDialysis...Continuousambulatoryperitonealdialysis(CAPD)isamethodofperformingperitonealdialysisexchangesusing ...

Many prospective patients think that their only option for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is dialysis in a center at least three times a week for an average of four hours a session. This is not true, and there are several other options available including peritoneal dialysis (PD), home hemodialysis and transplants.

Exit site for peritoneal dialysis catheter

Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) is a treatment that utilizes your peritoneum, a membrane lining your abdominal cavity, as a filter to remove wastes from your body. This type of dialysis requires a care partner to help with the process.

Your peritoneum does a similar job as the dialyzer on a dialysis machine during treatment or that your kidneys do every day. Waste products and fluid pass through the membrane into dialys...