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in the cavity. Typically you do
exchanges four times a day i.e.
when awaking, lunch time, late
afternoon, and bedtime (every
5-6hours). C.A.PD. gives you
constant dialysis, 24 hours a day
seven days a week.
A.PD.
Automated
Continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (C.A.PD.) functions much like the kidneys do. Constantly cleaning the blood as long as there is dialysate solution
Peritoneal Dialysis
Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (A.PD.) is dialysis at home with a cycler machine.
Each night before you go to sleep, you connect your set to a long tubing set,
attached to dialysate bags on the cycler. The machine does the exchanges
while you sleep. The machine is quiet and does not keep you awake. The tubing
is long enough for you to sleep comfortably and walk several feet.
Dialysis is the major treatment for kidney failure. It is the medical word for
filtering waste products and removing fluid from your body that your kidneys are
no longer able to remove.
There are two forms of dialysis:
Haemodialysis and Peritoneal dialysis.
Haemodialysis is a process by which excess waste products and water are
removed from the blood by using a dialyser, also known as an artificial kidney.
This form of treatment means the blood is transported outside the body through
the dialyser via a specially created vein in the forearm known as arterio-venous
fistula, or a vascular catheter inserted in the veins of the neck or chest.
This process requires the use of a machine.