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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.