September 7, 2006 — Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with high membrane transport rates — high transporters — had worse survival than did low transporters, according to a meta-analysis of 20 ...

If the putative survival disadvantage of high peritoneal membrane transport status is caused solely by membrane characteristics, it should diminish upon transfer to hemodialysis. Incident peritoneal ...

The well-known complex interplay between the heart and the kidney has been coined the cardiorenal syndrome, in recognition that acute or chronic dysfunction in one organ affects the function of the ...

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.

BEDFORDSHIRE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mologic Ltd, a diagnostics company, today announced it has received CE mark approval for PERiPLEX®, a rapid point-of-care test for the detection of infection in ...

Kidney disease impacts millions globally. Two main treatments, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, offer life-saving ...

Peritoneal dialysis procedure uses a membrane within our body (peritoneal membrane) as a filter to clear wastes and extra fluid from your body. Unlike hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis brings along a ...

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 ...

Alanyl-Glutamine containing peritoneal dialysis fluid receives orphan drug designation in patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. Reduces the risk of causing a damage to the abdominal tissues ...

In addition to the dose adjustments necessary in patients with acute kidney injury and CKD, differences have to be considered in patients with ESRD on renal replacement therapy, as now the clearance ...

Peritoneal dialysis occurs inside the body. It uses your peritoneal membrane (the lining of you abdomen) as the filter. For this treatment, a tube called a catheter is surgically placed through the ...