ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Beneath the basement membrane is a submesothelial layer consisting of connective tissue, fibroblasts, and blood vessels. Under optimal conditions, the peritoneum acts as an efficient, semipermeable dialysis membrane, enabling removal of metabolites, uremic toxins, salt, and water from the patient.

Detailed explanation-2: -The vascularized peritoneum serves as the dialysis membrane. Installation of dialysis fluid into the peritoneal cavity creates transmembrane osmotic and diffusive gradients that facilitate water removal (ultrafiltration [UF]), convection, and diffusion of solutes across the membrane.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lining of your abdomen (peritoneum) acts as a filter and removes waste products from your blood. After a set period of time, the fluid with the filtered waste products flows out of your abdomen and is discarded. These treatments can be done at home, at work or while traveling.

Detailed explanation-4: -In peritoneal dialysis, the blood isn’t cleaned outside the body, but inside the body, in the abdominal cavity (the hollow space surrounding the organs in the abdomen). The lining of the abdominal cavity (the peritoneum) serves as a semipermeable membrane.