Addition of manual daytime exchanges to automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) regimens optimizes solute clearance, but reduces quality of life and might increase the risk of peritonitis. Clinically ...

For most people, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are equally effective treatments for end stage renal disease. Factors such as your health, preferences, and the costs may influence your final ...

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 ...

Kidney disease impacts millions globally. Two main treatments, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, offer life-saving solutions. Hemodialysis uses a machine to filter blood, while peritoneal dialysis ...

In 2008, an estimated 1.77 million patients worldwide received dialysis. Of these patients, 1.58 million were treated with hemodialysis and approximately 190,000 received peritoneal dialyisis. In a ...

During continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, the peritoneum is exposed to bioincompatible dialysis fluids that cause denudation of mesothelial cells and, ultimately, tissue fibrosis and failure ...

Husband and wife Tom and Karen Buelow of Pewaukee have been married since 1986. In 2011, Tom was diagnosed with kidney disease, and is currently undergoing manual peritoneal dialysis. "I feel terrible ...

Dialysis is a treatment that takes over your kidney functions if those organs stop doing their job. If your kidney disease becomes very severe and crosses a point where there's not enough function to ...

Dialysis is the separating out of the contents of liquids. Kidney dialysis involves separating out waste products from the blood and removing them from the body, thus replicating the process performed ...