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  • Title: [Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. 5-year clinical experience].
    Author: Fuchs C, Dorn D, Bleckmann C, Gottschaldt M, Scheler F.
    Journal: Dtsch Med Wochenschr; 1985 Feb 01; 110(5):163-7. PubMed ID: 3967602.
    Abstract:
    Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is, next to conventional home dialysis, a world-wide method of treating chronic renal failure. This is the report of clinical experience of 34 CAPD patients who, from October 1978 to the end of 1983, had undergone 642 treatment months. The incidence of peritonitis after introduction of a new connector system in 1983 was reduced to 1 per 46 CAPD treatment months. In only 7 patients was it necessary to discontinue CAPD for reasons connected with the type of dialysis. No patient requested discontinuance of CAPD. Suitable bag and tube materials, adequate space, and well trained personnel are decisive for a successful CAPD programme, in addition to careful selection of patients. The latter aims at optimal patient motivation for the treatment method which, in principle, is more cost effective than home dialysis. In so far as patients fulfil the requirements for home dialysis they can be excellently rehabilitated.
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