Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Barriers to widespread peritoneal dialysis use in the United States include misaligned incentives, varying data, ...

Ironically, instead of answering the question of survival benefit of these 2 modalities, observational studies have generated more questions. These include: Are the differences real? Are there ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of young adults using peritoneal dialysis, 71% and 37% continued with that type at 1 and 5 years, respectively.

A retrospective study conducted by LSU Health New Orleans reports that contrary to previous research, most patients who drop out of peritoneal dialysis may do so for psychosocial reasons. The findings ...

A common genetic variant predicted poor outcomes from peritoneal dialysis, suggesting a potential factor for patient selection and treatment, researchers found. Variants in AQP1, the gene that encodes ...

Pre-kidney transplant high creatinine levels in patients on peritoneal dialysis increases the risk for delayed graft function and, among those aged 50 year or older, death-censored graft loss.