title: Peritoneal dialysis glossary 2009.
abstract: A number of attempts to create a commonly accepted terminology regarding definitions and terms used for clinical entities, methods, problems, and materials encountered by health professionals involved in peritoneal dialysis (PD) were undertaken in the past, the last one in 1990. Later on, some relevant sporadic attempts in a number of textbooks have been made, but they did not include the whole spectrum of PD. This glossary is an attempt to address the need for a universally accepted PD terminology including the latest advances in PD connection systems and fluids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Neo Ktirio, Mezourlo Hill, 41110 Larissa, Greece. liakopul@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Liakopoulos
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stefanidis
authors.forename: Nicholas V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Dombros
mesh_terms: D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis