Short-Term Continuous Transperitoneal Dialysis

Abstract

SINCE the initial report of Fine, Frank and Seligman,^{1 , 2} various workers have studied the technic of peritoneal irrigation, both in the laboratory and at the clinical level.^{3 4 5 6} In addition to its utilization as a procedure for experimental electrolyte depletion,⁷ it has been employed in the treatment of acute renal insufficiency and chronic edema. The present report deals with the technic for peritoneal irrigation first employed in 1946 by Tanret⁸ and Dérot⁹ in Paris. The French experience since that time comprises over 100 clinical procedures.^{9 10 11 12} Our observations are based on the experience of one of us in the employment of this . . .