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Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis

Infectious complications

Noninfectious complications

  • Impaired flow (unidirectional or bidirectional)
  • Leak
  • Pain (during infusion or drainage)
  • Back pain
  • Hernia
  • Hydrothorax

Metabolic

  • Hypokalemia
  • Metabolic syndrome

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis

  • Sclerosing peritonitis, a rare long-term complication (NEJM 2002; 347:737)

參考➡️ Sclerosing peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis