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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio In an article published in Kidney ...

AWAK Technologies has been granted a breakthrough device designation from FDA for a wearable and ultra-portable peritoneal dialysis (PD) device. The Singapore-based company’s AWAK PD device allows ...

Hemodialysis uses a machine to filter your blood when your kidneys are failing. In peritoneal dialysis, dialysis solution ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, the annual rate of growth in incident patients with end-stage kidney disease has slowed.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...