Keeping a daily PD record at home

10 June 2026

Peritoneal dialysis happens at home, which means the day-to-day record-keeping happens at home too. This post is about keeping that daily PD record tidy — not about how to do exchanges, what your numbers should be, or anything clinical, all of which come from your own PD team. It looks at how to log the things people on PD often keep an eye on, in one private place, so the writing-down does not become a chore.

Logging fill and drain as fluid in and out

PD involves fluid going in and fluid coming out, and Kidney Tracker's fluid log fits that naturally. You record amounts in millilitres and tag each as in or out, with every entry timestamped. The Today screen keeps a running total and a net balance, so the difference between what went in and what came out is added up for you rather than worked out by hand. The app does not interpret that net figure — what it means is for your team.

Weight and the other daily measures

Many people on PD also keep a daily weight, which is a couple of taps and is plotted over time. Blood pressure, temperature, glucose and the blood results read back at clinic can all be logged in the same app, each timestamped and chartable. You log only what you keep an eye on, and the app totals and draws it without ever judging a value or setting a target for you.

Keeping the habit through a daily routine

Because PD is a daily rhythm, a record that is quick to keep matters. Entries take a couple of taps, you can log hands-free with Siri mid-routine, and a home-screen widget or Apple Watch complication shows where the day stands. Having fill, drain, weight and the rest in one place means your PD record is not scattered across a paper diary and your phone.

Ready for your next review

A printable report generated on your device gathers your daily records over the dates you choose into one tidy summary to bring to clinic. Everything stays on your own iPhone — no account, nothing uploaded — and the report is shared only where you decide.

Net balance, added up for you

One of the fiddly parts of a home PD diary is working out the difference between what went in and what came out across a day. Because the app tags each amount as in or out and keeps a running total, that net figure is added up as you go, with no arithmetic at the end of the day. You decide what to log and when, based on your team's instructions; the app just does the totting up. What the net figure means, and whether it is where it should be, is a clinical matter that stays entirely with your PD team.

A home treatment deserves a home-friendly record

PD fits around ordinary life, often overnight or in quiet moments through the day, and the record-keeping should fit just as easily. Logging from your phone in the moment beats updating a paper diary you have to remember to carry, and the same private app holds the other measures you keep so there is only one place to look. Nothing syncs to a server and there is no account, so a record of treatment you do at home stays as private as the treatment itself.

See the peritoneal dialysis page for day-to-day use, and the posts on fluid and weight logging on PD and what to bring to a PD clinic review.

Kidney Tracker is a personal record-keeping tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice — always follow your own clinical team.