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 ...

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 ...

A study aimed to identify patient-level risk factors for peritonitis among approximately 7000 individuals of all ages and ethnicities undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

In the past decade the greatest increases in peritoneal dialysis utilization have occurred in China, Thailand and the USA; peritoneal dialysis utilization has decreased in parts of Europe and in ...

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 ...

Explore the advantages of peritoneal dialysis (PD) for heart health and kidney care. Learn how this patient-centric approach ...

ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec. 17 -- The choice between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis does not have a one-size-fits-all answer, researchers found. Which strategy gave the best chance of survival ...

KIDNEY substitutes that are effective in the management of chronic renal failure are hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Scribner's technic for hemodialysis developed in 1958–59, 1 employing an ...

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.

In the 1960s and through the 1970s, intermittent peritoneal dialysis (PD) was used for the long-term treatment of uremia. The results, however, were disappointing. 1 Three major advances have made ...

Dialysis is a procedure that can help patients with end stage renal disease to increase quantity and quality of life. However, there are several inherent risks associated with dialysis, which are more ...

Its chief executive officer Choo Kok Ming said dialysis treatments such as haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are resource-intensive medical therapies, relying on disposable materials and consuming ...