Original Article Intraperitoneal pressure in PD patients: relationship to intraperitoneal volume, body size and PD-related complications

Background. The clinical determinants of intraperito-neal pressure (IPP) are ill defined, and the potential impact of elevated IPP on peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related complications is still a matter of debate. We measured IPP in newly started PD patients, assessed its clinical determinants and analysed the incidence of PD-related complications. Method. IPP was measured in 61 consecutive patients [46 males and 15 females, 47 automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and 14 continuous ambulatory perito-neal dialysis (CAPD), aged: 52 17 years], an average of 2 months after PD onset, using increasing (from 0 to 3000ml) dialysate volumes. The prescription of day and night dialysate infusion volumes was made t