Patient experience in automated peritoneal dialysis with
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy (RRT), which consists of extra-renal blood purification, which allows the passage of water, solutes and uremic toxins through osmotic and diffusive transport mechanisms; this treatment is divided into two types: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and automatic peritoneal dialysis (APD). APD differs in that it uses a mechanical “cycler” device to perform exchanges over a period of several hours (Teitelbaum, 2021)
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