Nephroprotection and early intervention support more planned dialysis starts, improved patient outcomes and increased use of home therapies, according to new studies. -- Real-world studies also ...

As blood in the peritoneal capillaries comes into contact with dialysate in the peritoneal cavity, solutes in the blood diffuse into the dialysate. The osmotic gradient created by glucose in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many patients saw peritoneal dialysis as beneficial vs. in-center treatment, but they also cited some drawbacks.

NEARLY 56,000 Malaysians suffer from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), a condition under which a person's kidneys have less ...

Over the past decade new solutions for peritoneal dialysis have been developed in an effort to reduce the bioincompatibility of conventional glucose-containing, lactate-buffered solutions, and thereby ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Survival rates were similar in patients who choose home hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis, even with ...

Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is common in advanced gastric cancer (GC) and confers a dismal prognosis. Advances in genomic sequencing have provided deeper insights into the biology of GCPM. Concurrently ...

The Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) has called for increased public awareness on Peritoneal Dialysis (PD), describing it as a safe and convenient home-based treatment for ...

What is Peritoneal Dialysis? When your kidneys can no longer adequately remove waste products from your blood, then the procedure of peritoneal dialysis is used. PD or peritoneal dialysis is a therapy ...