Patent ID: 8088094

Claim:
A peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis hybrid-remedy planning apparatus comprising: a storage unit programmed to obtain data from a dialysis patient; a computation unit configured to perform a computation using the data obtained from the dialysis patient; and an output unit configured to output the results of the computation, wherein the computation unit is configured to perform the computation to obtain an index that is shared by both peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis and indicates an effect of dialysis, and the output unit is configured to output the index to be used for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis hybrid-remedy planning, wherein the computation unit is configured to calculate a ratio M/C(0), where M is a removal amount of a solute for a fixed time period, and C(0) is a concentration of the solute in blood before the dialysis, and the output unit outputs the ratio M/C(0) as the index, wherein the output unit is further configured to output at least one of a drained-fluid-volume curve and a D/P curve, wherein the computation unit is configured to obtain the at least one of the drained-fluid-curve and the D/P curve from results of computation using a Pyle-Popovich model and using a modified Powell method, and wherein M is obtained by a product of waste concentration in a drained fluid and a drained fluid volume as a value used for peritoneal dialysis, and by a product of clearance of a dialyzer and dialysis duration as a value used for hemodialysis, both the value used for peritoneal dialysis and the value used for hemodialysis being measured in the same units so as to achieve an integrated sum of values of M/C(0) planned to be achieved by peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis for a fixed period of time.