Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After a peritoneal dialysis education program, the number of staff at a Veterans Affairs center who scored their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Common peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis barriers included equipment storage issues. Struggles with ...

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 ...

NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM) is encouraging patients to take control of their dialysis therapy and consider home hemodialysis in the wake of a new study that found patient survivability rates ...

June 22, 2012 (Paris, France) — In an Austrian study of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis, researchers found that oral active vitamin D was associated with a lower risk forperitonitis and ...

New Orleans, LA - 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 ...

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is the final stage of chronic kidney disease. It results in irreversible kidney impairment and causes a significant decline in urine production and glomerular filtrate ...