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 ...

KIDNEY substitutes that are effective in the management of chronic renal failure are hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Scribner's technic for hemodialysis developed in 1958–59, 1 employing an ...

To the Editor: The study by Phu et al. (Sept. 19 issue) 1 demonstrated that peritoneal dialysis is associated with a poorer outcome than hemofiltration in the treatment of infection-associated acute ...

A new study published in CJASN found substantial volume overload, or too much fluid in the body, in patients with kidney failure who initiated peritoneal dialysis. Volume overload tended to improve ...

Icodextrin use in patients with CHF on peritoneal dialysis is associated with more favorable cardiovascular and kidney outcomes. Icodextrin use in peritoneal dialysis patients with congestive heart ...