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 ...

To determine whether nocturnal peritoneal dialysis (NPD) is associated with improvement in sleep apnea compared with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Two studies were conducted. In ...

Automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) is believed to have clinical and psychosocial advantages over continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Rates of dialysis-related peritonitis, exit-site and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Dialysis is a relatively high-cost treatment, with previous commentators estimating that the U.K. [National ...

ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec. 17 -- The choice between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis does not have a one-size-fits-all answer, researchers found. Which strategy gave the best chance of survival ...

A common genetic variant predicted poor outcomes from peritoneal dialysis, suggesting a potential factor for patient selection and treatment, researchers found. Variants in AQP1, the gene that encodes ...

The conventional surgery for removal of Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis catheter is similar to open insertion technique and requires the surgeon to either go through the same incision or make a ...

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