Question

differentiate between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis and why both of these could be important to a patient with Acute kidney injury

Answer 1

Peritoneal dialysis	Hemodialysis
Repeated cycles of instilling dialysate into the peritoneal cavity.	Toxin laden blood is diverted into the dialyzer and clean blood return to the client.
Types: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis Automated peritoneal dialysis Continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis. Intermittent peritoneal dialysis.	Root of axis central venous catheters Arterio venous fistulae. Graft
relatively easy	need sophisticated equipment
Contraindications Hypercatabolism Obesity Abdominal disease Peritonitis.	cautious in patient with bleeding disorders.

• In patient with acute kidney injury, dialysis helps to remove urea and creatinine from the blood.
• It helps to maintain safe electrolytes level
• It helps to remove excess fluid from the body.