In an analysis of data on Medicare beneficiaries starting dialysis in 2008–2015, overall Medicare expenditures for in-center hemodialysis were 11% more than for home-based peritoneal dialysis, and ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers at Satellite Healthcare use a discontinuation risk assessment to help patients stay engaged on ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My 96-year-old mother has stage 5 kidney disease (GFR is 12) along with congestive heart failure. She’s not your typical 96-year-old — she is sharp as a tack, still attends church ...

Peritoneal dialysis is the most common kind of at-home dialysis, given its relative convenience and ease of use compared to hemodialysis. But now, in the largest study of its kind, a massive 5-year ...

Washington, DC - Mortality rates are higher in peritoneal-dialysis patients with low systolic blood pressure (SBP), low total cholesterol (TC), or elevated triglycerides (TG), according to two ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis Market (2025 Edition): Analysis By Product (Machines, Dialyzers, Dialysis Solutions, and Catheters & Accessories), By End-User, By Type ...

no association between the length of storage of transfused red blood cells RBCs and patient mortality. Investigators report results of their analysis of patients in the DOPPS and PDOPPS.

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is the final stage of chronic kidney disease. It results in irreversible kidney impairment and causes a significant decline in urine production and glomerular filtrate ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] The patients were 4 adult females, twenty to forty years old, admitted to the Los Angeles County Hospital with acute ...