ED Highly Prevalent in Men with Failed Hypospadias Repair Follow-up procedures are significantly more likely to be required if PD catheters are inserted by interventionalists instead of general or ...

Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis is an important strategy to promote home dialysis, according to investigators. Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (PD) is safer than urgent-start hemodialysis (HD), ...

Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter placement via fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guidance experienced significantly fewer complications at 1 year post-insertion than did patients whose ...

Inflammations of the peritoneum (peritonitis) are as frequent as they are feared complications in peritoneal dialysis, a form of kidney replacement therapy for independent use at home. The bacteria ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . While researchers of this study found “limited complications” associated with urgent-start peritoneal dialysis, ...

The number of patients suffering from chronic kidney disease or loss of kidney function is increasing worldwide and with it the number of people who need renal replacement therapy. The loss of kidney ...

Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (USPD) represents an innovative approach to initiating renal replacement therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who present without prior modality ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients on peritoneal dialysis experienced better survival rates than patients on facility hemodialysis, ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CloudCath, a company dedicated to remote complication monitoring for patients undergoing catheter-based treatments, today announced that it has completed a $12 million ...

Peritoneal dialysis is the preferred chronic dialysis modality for most children owing to its almost universal applicability and superior compatibility with lifestyle over other modalities. Although ...

HEMODIALYSIS has been used more frequently in recent years because of the increased application in acute renal failure, the repetitive use in chronic renal failure and the growing list of dialyzable ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 96-year-old mother has stage 5 kidney disease (GFR is 12) along with congestive heart failure. She’s not your typical 96-year-old -- she is sharp as a tack, still attends church ...