Do you take any special considerations for a patient with ESKD who has an ileostomy/colostomy and wishes to start peritoneal dialysis?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
My special considerations are to probably avoid PD. But it depends on what the surgical history was for that ileostomy or colostomy, e.g., there may be a lot of scar tissue. When PD works (flows easily in and out), it works; when it doesn',t it doesn't and if doesn't it usually doesn't get better (4...