Continuous Equilibration Peritoneal Dialysis (CEPD) in Hypercatabolic Renal FAILURE

Abstract

Continuous equilibration peritoneal dialysis (CEPD) is similar to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) except that the patients are not ambulatory. CEPD was applied to five hypercatabolic and seven non-hypercatabolic patients with acute renal failure (ARF) or exacerbation of chronic renal failure (CRF). Serum potassium became normal within 24 hours of the initiation of CEPD, while the decrease and maintenance of blood urea and serum creatinine were not significantly different in the two groups. These results indicate that CEPD is effective in patients with hypercatabolic renal failure.