The process of doing peritoneal dialysis is called an exchange.

Peritoneal dialysis is carried out at home by the patient.

Peritoneal dialysis can often be done at night, while you are sleeping.

This is the most commonly used form of peritoneal dialysis.

So really, I have grown up knowing how to do peritoneal dialysis.

Have belly pain while you are being treated with peritoneal dialysis.

Even on daily peritoneal dialysis, I lead an active and productive life.

You or a caregiver will be taught to do peritoneal dialysis at home.

You do it for a shorter amount of time and on fewer days each week than peritoneal dialysis.

Are there other reasons you might choose peritoneal dialysis?

Peritoneal dialysis may decrease appetite and cause a loss of protein from your body.

Peritoneal dialysis is not recommended when any of the following conditions are present:

Place a tube (catheter) in the belly for peritoneal dialysis.

Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are both used to treat kidney failure.

Peritoneal dialysis is when doctors put a plastic tube into the persons abdomen.

Mild back pain or abdominal fullness may sometimes occur during peritoneal dialysis.

Peritoneal dialysis provides approximately 10% of normal kidney function.

You don't have to do it yourself, as you do with peritoneal dialysis.

The decision about whether to have hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis takes into account your personal feelings and the medical facts.

You have abdominal problems that mean you cannot choose peritoneal dialysis.

I like the independence that peritoneal dialysis offers.

Hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is of only limited effectiveness.

It may also refer to haemodialysis (as distinct from peritoneal dialysis).

In peritoneal dialysis, it is dimensionless only by definition.

In the table the value for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis is not attributable to any of the source studies.