It is feasible and safe to widen the availability of peritoneal dialysis performed at home as initial treatment for patients with advanced chronic renal disease, according to new US research. In a ...

Uncertainty exists over whether hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is the modality associated with better survival in patients with end-stage renal disease. Mehrotra and colleagues have shown that ...

Washington, DC (November 8, 2019) -- Peritoneal dialysis performed with an automated wearable artificial kidney can effectively remove toxins from the blood of patients with kidney failure. The ...

Las Vegan Alan Sherman started kidney dialysis in March 2014. The retired respiratory therapist will always remember the exact day his odds of becoming a kidney patient skyrocketed. “Diabetes was my ...

In addition, peritoneal dialysis does not require the patient to adhere to as many food and fluid restrictions as hemodialysis. On the other hand, hemodialysis is carried out on behalf of a patient ...

Peritoneal dialysis is a treatment option for kidney failure that removes waste and excess fluid using the body’s abdominal lining. It can be done at home and is designed to replace some functions of ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Kidney-Pancreas Transplant faculty have busy elective dialysis access practices. Almost 1,000 operative cases are performed each year. A strong emphasis ...

DEERFIELD, Ill., December 11, 2001 - Baxter Healthcare Corporation announced today it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its HomeChoice Pediatric ...

Mangaluru: A multidisciplinary team at Yenepoya Medical College Hospital, led by Dr Santhosh Pai, head of the department of nephrology, performed a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) at ...