A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This research was published on March 29 in the journal Journal of ...

Peritoneal dialysis is a procedure to remove waste products from the blood, such as creatinine and urea, which are insufficiently removed by the kidneys in patients with renal failure. The ...

Of young adults using peritoneal dialysis, 71% and 37% continued with that type at 1 and 5 years, respectively. Common reasons for switching to hemodialysis were infection, missed sessions and ...

The 3-days course attempts to augment the knowledge of home modalities that fellows attain during the fellowship training, and gives them a platform to learn specifics like finances of dialysis, ...