title: Dialysis (Part 1): Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (continuing education credit).
abstract: The first of two articles on dialysis outlines the experience of patients from chronic renal failure to end stage renal failure and offers a historical perspective of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). It relates to UKCC Professional Development categories: Care enhancement and Reducing risk.
authors.affiliation: Renal Unit, Hope Hospital, Salford.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control