Peritoneal dialysis therapy with large dialysis solution volumes
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1. A method of calculating an acute peritoneal dialysis therapy, the method comprising:
- inputting data of a patient;
selecting a fill volume for a cycle of the peritoneal dialysis therapy;
selecting at least one therapy parameter or at least one desired outcome of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; and
calculating a therapy for the patient using a digital computer, the patient data, the fill volume and the selected at least one therapy parameter or desired outcome, wherein the digital computer calculates the therapy for the patient without regard to (i) a total therapy volume limit and (ii) a minimum cycle time.
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Abstract
Patients suffering from acute renal failure must be diagnosed and treated quickly so that a physician can confidently prescribe either peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis. In one way of quickly treating the patients, software is used to calculate a suitable peritoneal dialysis prescription without regard to how short or how long a dialysis cycle is used, and without regard to a total dialysate fluid volume for a therapy. For patients with suitable peritoneal membrane transport properties, the software program suggests that, at least over a short period of time, unexpectedly high ultrafiltrate volumes and high clearances may be achieved.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of calculating an acute peritoneal dialysis therapy, the method comprising:
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inputting data of a patient; selecting a fill volume for a cycle of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; selecting at least one therapy parameter or at least one desired outcome of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; and calculating a therapy for the patient using a digital computer, the patient data, the fill volume and the selected at least one therapy parameter or desired outcome, wherein the digital computer calculates the therapy for the patient without regard to (i) a total therapy volume limit and (ii) a minimum cycle time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program on a computer readable medium for calculating an acute peritoneal dialysis therapy, the computer program comprising:
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logic for accepting input data for a patient; logic for accepting a fill volume for a cycle of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; logic for accepting an input of at least one therapy parameter or an input of at least one desired outcome of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; and logic for calculating a therapy for the patient using a digital computer, the patient data input, the fill volume and the at least one therapy parameter input or desired outcome, wherein the digital computer calculates the therapy for the patient without regard to (i) a total therapy volume limit and (ii) a minimum cycle time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for calculating an acute peritoneal dialysis therapy, the method comprising:
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inputting data of a patient; selecting at least one input parameter for the peritoneal dialysis therapy; selecting a fill volume for a cycle of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; and calculating at least one peritoneal dialysis therapy including at least one outcome of the therapy for the patient using a digital computer, wherein the digital computer calculates the at least one peritoneal dialysis therapy without regard to (i) a total therapy volume limit and (ii) a minimum cycle time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program on a computer readable medium for calculating an acute peritoneal dialysis therapy, the computer program comprising:
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logic for accepting input data for a patient; logic for selecting at least one input parameter for the peritoneal dialysis therapy; logic for accepting a fill volume for a cycle of the peritoneal dialysis therapy; and logic for calculating at least one peritoneal dialysis therapy including at least one outcome of the therapy for the patient using a digital computer, wherein the digital computer calculates the at least one peritoneal dialysis therapy without regard to (i) a total therapy volume limit and (ii) a minimum value for a cycle time. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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