Peritoneal Dialysis Glossary II

supine or ambulatory (in respect to position of patient during dialysis). Intermittent peritoneal dialysis regimen: A regimen where treatments are performed periodically, several times per week. Originally the term "periodic" was used for this regimen in the early 1960s (3). In the late 1960s, this term was replaced by the term intermittent peritoneal dialysis due to an influence of hemodialysis terminology. Until the early 1960s, the term intermittent peritoneal dialysis had been applied to the technique (vide infra) not to the regimen. Nightly peritoneal dialysis (NPD): Intermittent peritoneal dialysis performed every night. Daytime peritoneal dialysis (DPD): Intermittent peritoneal dialysis performed every day during daytime