peritoneal equilibration test
- peritoneal equilibration test
- (for adequacy of peritoneal dialysis) after a certain specific dwell time of the dialysis solution, ratios are calculated of the difference in plasma and dialysis solution concentrations of solutes such as creatinine, glucose, other small solutes, and proteins at different times during the remainder of the procedure.
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