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 ...
Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis (PD) are the two main kidney replacement treatments; haemodialysis is done at centres, whereas PD is home-based. PD involves inserting fluid into the abdomen to ...