This book offers a comprehensive guide to peritoneal dialysis (PD). Home dialysis, and more specifically PD, is growing in popularity in the US. By conservative estimates, experts suggest that 45 percent of dialysis patients in the US can be on home dialysis. However, the current penetration rate is only 10 percent. This is changing with an expected major increase in the next 5 years. One of the reasons for the low uptake is that many nephrologists lack comfort and confidence in using PD as a dialysis modality.

This book addresses those concerns by covering all aspects of PD. Chapters include its history, patient selection, implementation options, comorbidities, quality of life concerns, and developing approaches to treatment. This comprehensive resource fills the unmet need for a practical, hands-on book that is both detailed and can work as a quick reference.

This is an ideal guide for academic nephrologists, private practice nephrologists, NPs, PAs, nurses, fellows, and residents.

Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD

Director | CORE Kidney Program

Professor and Clinical Chief

Division of Nephrology | Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA

UCLA Health

Los Angeles, CA

USA

Edgar V. Lerma, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine

University of Illinois at Chicago

College of Medicine

Chicago, IL

USA

Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC

Professor

University of Toronto

Toronto, ON

Canada