RESEARCH ARTICLE
Manual Acute PD with Rigid Catheters: A Relook
Mayoor V Prabhu*, 1, Subhramanyam S.V2, Sinoj Antony 2, Nayak K.S2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 8
First Page: 41
Last Page: 44
Publisher ID: TOUNJ-8-41
DOI: 10.2174/1874303X01508010041
Article History:
Received Date: 6/10/2014Revision Received Date: 20/11/2014
Acceptance Date: 9/12/2014
Electronic publication date: 15/5/2015
Collection year: 2015
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) has been an underutilized modality in the treatment of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Concerns regarding clearance, fluid removal, infection, complications of therapy, and the hypercatabolic state of AKI has led to PD falling into disrepute. Recent studies have challenged this notion of ineffectiveness. The lower cost, and simplicity of the procedure makes it a particularly attractive option for the developing world which may lack even basic HD facilities, and patients continue to die for want of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT). We present a review of the available literature about PD in the AKI setting with special reference to the developing world, including the procedure, costs, and effectiveness of the treatment. We also describe the procedure in detail to help ‘hand hold’ physicians interested in performing this lifesaving procedure.
