Diet and Infrequent Peritoneal Dialysis in Chronic Anuric Uremia

Abstract

ALTHOUGH significant advances have been made in the fields of renal transplantation and chronic hemodialysis, these forms of therapy can be applied only to a select few of the several thousand patients afflicted each year with chronic uremia. Peritoneal dialysis offers the advantages of relative technical simplicity and wider application, but its use on a chronic basis has been limited because of relative inefficiency and the dangers of infection and adhesions.1 , 2 It is well known that some amelioration of uremia can be accomplished by diet alone.3 4 5 6 The dietary regimen described below, when combined with infrequent peritoneal dialysis, sustained the life . . .