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274. | Doc3: | What’s your understanding about dialysis via the tummy? Can you … |
275. | CKD-P2 | The peritoneal? |
276. | Doc3: | Yeah, summarise it for me. |
277. | CKD-P2: | Yeah. From what I’ve studied myself … |
278. | Doc3: | Good [laughs]. |
279. | CKD-P2: | … Dr Google, is that they—the access point is here in your stomach, in your abdomen. The fluid goes into the peritoneum and … |
280. | Doc3: | Good, you’re using all the right terms. [to patient’s mother] She’s been studying very well [laughs]. |
281. | CKD-P2: | …in the peritoneum but if there is scar tissue in there it won’t cleanse that area properly, but that’s okay you can still do it, it will still do its job. |
282. | Doc3: | Yeah. Yep. It’s based at home. |
283. | CKD-P2: | Yeah. |
284. | Doc3: | You have surgery… |
285. | CKD-P2: | Yeah. |
286. | Doc3: | …pre-emptively… |
287. | CKD-P2: | At an access point. Yes. |
288. | Doc3: | …so that we’re planning… |
289. | CKD-P2: | Set up. Yeah. |
290. | Doc3: | …ahead of your need for dialysis. The Tenckhoff catheter is inserted by the surgeon, generally needs a couple of weeks to mature before we… |
291. | CKD-P2: | Before they start to use it. |
292. | Doc3: | …start using it. |
293. | CKD-P2: | What about percentage? Do you get that done at 15 per cent or lower? |
294. | Doc3: | Generally, we start making arrangements around 15 per cent. |
295. | CKD-P2: | Yeah, okay. |
296. | Doc3: | But it’s also guided by your symptoms. |