Future Directions and New Technology in Peritoneal Dialysis

摘要: Although peritoneal dialysis was first developed in the early 20th century, there are still many challenges that need to be addressed by bioengineers working with nephrologists. The catheter sets up a foreign body reaction cavity and often becomes infected; new polymers needed minimize resulting inflammation. New osmotic agents substitute for glucose “diabetic state” leads sclerosis. technology can worn mobile patient provides continuous is an exciting development presents significant design engineer. Computational biology attempts quantitatively integrate findings clinical studies, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics move health care toward “personalized medicine” order predict outcomes improve of individual patient.