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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Continuous ambulatory PD has advantages over automated PD, including a possible lower risk of peritonitis. The ...

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 ...

Peritonitis is a frequent complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and the most common cause of CAPD failure. About 60% of patients receiving CAPD will have at least one ...

A 59-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath about one month after starting continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. On examination ...

Patients with end-stage renal disease who began peritoneal dialysis had lower 1-year hospitalization rates and lower total healthcare costs than those who began therapy with hemodialysis. : To compare ...

The Health department has initiated a scheme in 11 districts for offering peritoneal dialysis free of cost at home for patients with chronic kidney diseases (CKD), a statement issued by Health ...

A 43-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented with a 1-day history of diarrhea, poor appetite and diffuse abdominal tenderness. Although he had been treated with continuous, ambulatory ...

Seha Kidney Care offers many treatment options to patients with renal diseases Highlighting the benefits of peritoneal dialysis, Abu Dhabi’s public health provider, which runs Seha Kidney Care, said ...

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