Explore the benefits of peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a home-based treatment for kidney failure, offering flexibility and ...

Dialysis is a technique in which blood is filtered through a device to clear it of excess fluid, waste and toxins when the kidneys are no longer able to do so. Dialysis may be used to treat patients ...

The addition of a new type of fluid for use in peritoneal dialysis makes it easier to tolerate and protects the cells in the abdominal cavity. This could make the peritoneum more resilient to harmful ...

What do the Kidneys do? The kidneys work as a filtering unit for the blood in our bodies and help in excreting waste products from the blood stream. The kidney filters out waste products from the ...

Leonard Pinkney knew for years that his DNA was against him — he has family history on both sides of diabetes, blood pressure and heart attacks. The Susquehanna Twp. man was diagnosed with diabetes 24 ...

Kidneys are vital for removing waste and toxins from our bodies. And when they fail, haemodialysis (HD), which is done at ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] The patients were 4 adult females, twenty to forty years old, admitted to the Los Angeles County Hospital with acute ...

Three types of peritoneal dialysis are available. 1. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) CAPD requires no machine and can be done in any clean, well-lit place. With CAPD, your blood is ...

Vienna, 22 November 2016 : The addition of a new type of fluid for use in peritoneal dialysis makes it easier to tolerate and protects the cells in the abdominal cavity. This could make the peritoneum ...