10:45-12:00 pm  

Moderator: Vikram Aggarwal, MD

Speaker:           Ramesh Khanna, MD

Patients initiating peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy are given the option to choose either Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)or Automated PD (APD). Each option offers specific benefits and medical indications considering the patient’s medical condition. Unless there is a medical contraindication, providers often leave the choice of therapy to patients to suit their lifestyle. For patients who stay on long-term PD, it is strongly recommended that a continuous form of therapy is prescribed for the patient – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Over the past several decades, there has been a trend to for patients to choose APD over CAPD which does not provide continuous dialysis. Consequently, several undesired problems are being noticed in PD patients on intermittent treatments.,

This workshop will explain various issues highlighted above in a case-based approach. At the end of this workshop, the participant should be able to write a rational, patient-specific prescription for long-term PD.