Educational modules

Each brief module provides in-depth information on a specific topic to help you manage your Peritoneal Dialysis patients.

• Key Assessment and Management of Mechanical Catheter Complications
• Exit-Site Assessment and Infection Management
• Mechanical Complications of PD Participant Guide
• Exit-Site/Tunnel Infections, Relapsing Peritonitis, and Acute Abdominal Emergencies Participant guide

Each brief on-demand module provides healthcare providers, particularly surgeons, interventionalists, nephrologists, and PD nurses, with in-depth information and treatment approaches to help manage Peritoneal Dialysis catheters.

• Introduction
• Foundations of Stencil-Based Preoperative Marking
• Preoperative Mapping for Standard Abdominal Catheters
• Preoperative Mapping for Extended Catheter with Upper Abdominal Exit Site
• Preoperative Mapping for Extended Catheter with Upper Chest Exit Site
• Laparoscopic Implantation
• Laparoscopic Omentopexy
• Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis
• Open Dissection Implantation
• Extended Catheter Implantation for Upper Abdominal Exit Site
• Extended Catheter Implantation for Upper Chest Exit Site
• Catheter Embedding for Delayed Creation of Exit Site
• Exteriorization of Embedded Catheter
• Testing Catheter Function
• Standard Wound Closure and Dressings
• Postoperative Care
• Credits

• APD Specimen Collection: Clinical Procedure Adequacy Guide
• CAPD Specimen Collection: Clinical Procedure Adequacy Guide
• Adding Medications to PD Solution Bag Guide

• Chyloperitoneum during PD
• Dialysate Leaks in PD
• Drain Pain During PD
• Eosinophilic Peritonitis
• Hemoperitoneum in PD
• PD – Related Hydrothorax

• Sodium Sieving
• Peritoneal Equilibration Test (PET)