In recent years, automatic peritoneal dialysis (APD) is also used in parallel with the manual CAPD method. A machine is used to do the fluid exchanges for the patients, usually at night time when the patient is asleep.
There are advantages and disadvantages of the manual CAPD and APD. Ms Wah Sai Ling, Ms Cheng Si Ki and Ms Emily Wong discussed the various aspects of APD. Ms Cheng Si Ki showed a demo of the APD operation