The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Special Review: Korean J Med. 2014;86(2):138-141. Published online February 1, 2014.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2014.86.2.138; 복막투석; 노현진; 순천향대학교 의과대학 내과학교실; Peritoneal Dialysis; Hyunjin Noh; Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Corresponding author: Hyunjin Noh ,Tel: +82-2-709-9177, Fax: +82-2-792-5812, Email: nohneph@schmc.ac.kr

Abstract: More than thirty years after its introduction as a modality of renal replacement therapy (RRT), peritoneal dialysis (PD) has now become an established form of RRT. There were 70,211 patients receiving RRT at the end of 2,012 in Korea, and PD accounted for 10.8% of them. The rate for PD patients per million population has grown by 24% during the past 10 years. In this paper, physiology of peritoneal dialysis, assessment of peritoneal membrane transport function, updated target of solute removal, and potential complications of peritoneal dialysis will be discussed. (Korean J Med 2014;86:138-141)

Keywords :Peritoneal dialysis, Renal replacement therapy