The benefits of incremental peritoneal dialysis, in patients who have residual kidney function, cannot be overstated. In addition to "easing into treatment" as suggested in this question, other benefits include: reduced exposure to dialysate and glucose in dialysate, potentially preserving the peri...

There are excellent responses already to this question. I agree with them both. Our group's practice is also to start every patient on incremental PD as residual kidney function allows. I prepared an answer to this question before realizing other faculty responses were provided. While my respon...

I pretty much start everyone on incremental PD. They’re going from a lot less clearance to additive clearance so they’re only better off than they were before it. They typically have a fair amount of residual renal function, so I’m hardly concerned about under-dialysis. It makes se...