1) Acute peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an option for treating selected acute renal failure patients, especially those who are hemodynamically unstable or have coagulation abnormalities. 2) A study compared PD to hemofiltration for acute renal failure patients with malaria or sepsis in Vietnam and found that hemofiltration corrected metabolic abnormalities faster and had lower mortality. 3) The poorer outcomes with PD may have been due to its less optimal technique in this setting, with slower solute removal compared to hemofiltration.