Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a new study has found. Patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A program that provided specific processes to support the initiation of PD in urgent and unplanned situations ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both advanced image-guided percutaneous and advanced laparoscopic techniques had rare major complications. Each ...

A study of risk factors associated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter survival found that a non-infectious catheter-related problem was the only independent variable significantly associated with ...

Researchers report successful use of catheters within 24 hours in urgent situations. SEATTLE—Rapid use of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters in children when required urgently is possible, according ...

Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter placement via fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guidance experienced significantly fewer complications at 1 year post-insertion than did patients whose ...

Conducted over 5 years, from 2008 to 2013, this RCT tried to determine the optimal time for peritoneal dialysis (PD) after catheter insertion in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease. The ideal ...

A new study on securement for central vascular access devices (CVAD) suggests that subcutaneous anchor securement systems (SASS) are shown to be more effective at keeping central catheters in place, ...