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Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
Tree Number(s)
E02.760.106.500
E02.870.300.650.500
E02.912.800.650.500
N02.421.585.106.500
Unique ID
D010531
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010531
Scope Note
Portable peritoneal dialysis using the continuous (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) presence of peritoneal dialysis solution in the peritoneal cavity except for periods of drainage and instillation of fresh solution.
Entry Term(s)
CAPD
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
NLM Classification #
WJ 379
Previous Indexing
Ambulatory Care (1978-1981)
Peritoneal Dialysis (1978-1981)
Public MeSH Note
86; was see under PERITONEAL DIALYSIS 1982-85
History Note
86(82); was see under PERITONEAL DIALYSIS 1982-85
Date Introduced
1986/01/01
Last Updated
2015/06/29
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory Preferred
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