Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an attractive option for patients with end-stage renal disease because it offers a very different lifestyle that enables people to work, travel, and avoid the rigid ...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) continues its slow march toward equal popularity within the nephrology community. In most areas of the United States, it is still the minority to the behemoth that is ...

One of the main functions of the kidneys is to filter metabolic products out of the blood. If the kidneys are no longer able to do this, the blood has to be artificially purified and drained of excess ...

Patients beginning dialysis are more likely to rate their overall care higher and be more satisfied if they receive peritoneal dialysis rather than hemodialysis, according to a study in the February ...

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 ...

The peritoneum has an area approximately that of the glomerular capillaries or of the twin-coil artificial kidney. Its behavior as an inert, semipermeable membrane and the use of "idealized ...

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 ...

Clinicians and scientists from Keele and Cardiff universities have published data from a landmark study that explains why survival in patients on peritoneal dialysis is low. The paper, entitled ...

In a recent study, Lambie and colleagues suggest that systemic and local intraperitoneal inflammation, evidenced by elevated levels of interleukin-6, are independent processes and have different ...

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 ...

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