Diálisis peritoneal en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca refractaria

Abstract

Introduction: Heart failure was interpreted as a low cardiac output disorder and treatment was directed with inotropic drugs, with the intention of improving the clinical picture, however, different treatment studies and updates on the therapeutic management of this pathology have been carried out. Objective: to prepare an updated bibliographic review on the use of peritoneal dialysis in Refractory Heart Failure. Development: The results showed that the advantages of peritoneal dialysis is a precise method to improve quality of life, but it generates side effects such as catheter infections in 60% of the patients who have applied it. Conclusions: peritoneal dialysis, is a method that has been used in patients with renal failure, it has been proven that it can be used in patients with refractory heart failure, for the most part it describes that among its advantages, it improves the quality of life of these patients, decreases the number of hospitalizations, there is an improvement in terms of their symptoms, however, in most articles the effects it produces are highlighted, highlighting infectious peritonitis due to the placement of the dialysis equipment catheter.