Peritoneal Dialysis in Renal Replacement Therapy for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury

Table 3

Peritoneal dialysis is contraindicated in the following clinical Situations.

(1) Recent abdominal surgery
(2) Pleuroperitoneal communication
(3) Diaphragmatic severe respiratory failure
(4) Life-threatening hyperkalemia not responding to medical therapy
(5) Extremely hypercatabolic state
(6) Severe volume overload in a patient not on a ventilator
(7) Severe gastroesophageal reflux disease
(8) Low peritoneal clearance
(9) Fecal or fungal peritonitis
(10) Abdominal wall cellulitis
(11) AKI in pregnancy