What are the advantages of Peritoneal Dialysis?

CAPD •    + You can do it alone.•    + You can do it at times you choose as long as you perform the required number of exchanges each day.•    + You can do it in many locations.•    + You don’t need a machine.•    + You won’t have the ups and downs that many patients on hemodialysis feel.•    + You don’t need to travel to a center three times a week.   CCPD •    + You can do it at night, mainly while you sleep.•    + You are free from performing exchanges during the day.
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What are the advantages of Peritoneal Dialysis?


CAPD


•    + You can do it alone.
•    + You can do it at times you choose as long as you perform the required number of exchanges each day.
•    + You can do it in many locations.
•    + You don’t need a machine.
•    + You won’t have the ups and downs that many patients on hemodialysis feel.
•    + You don’t need to travel to a center three times a week.

 

CCPD


•    + You can do it at night, mainly while you sleep.
•    + You are free from performing exchanges during the day.

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