When the color of peritoneal dialysis effluent can be used as a diagnostic tool.

When the color of peritoneal dialysis effluent can be used as a diagnostic tool.
Semin Dial. 2018 Jul 22;:
Authors: Dossin T, Goffin E
Abstract
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) effluent is normally transparent. A change in its appearance may be the first indication of an intra- or extraperitoneal abnormality which may or may not be related to the peritoneal dialysis technique itself. What diagnosis should be considered when PD effluent turns on red, orange, cloudy, milky white, green, yellow, purple or black in color? After review of the literature, we propose a differential diagnosis, as well as some management recommendations, for specific abnormal color presentations of the PD effluent.
PMID: 30032485 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Seminars in Dialysis - July 22, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Dossin T, Goffin E Tags: Semin Dial Source Type: research