April 1, 2009 — Extended hemodialysis using a high-cutoff dialyzer (HCO-HD) appears to improve outcomes in multiple myeloma patients with dialysis-dependent renal failure, according to the results of ...

Sarah Bush Lincoln Vascular Surgeon Ravishankar Hasanadka, MD, recently performed SBL’s first implantation of VasQ ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- People with kidney failure usually go to a center to get dialysis. But what if you could do it yourself? "At home you're flexible to do it whenever you want. Morning, afternoon, ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. CMS has re-classified vascular access placement for ...

Elderly patients with kidney failure may not gain the same benefits from what's considered the gold standard for accessing the blood for dialysis compared with younger patients, according to a new ...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) continues its slow march toward equal popularity within the nephrology community. In most areas of the United States, it is still the minority to the behemoth that is ...

Nurse assistance is associated with a lower risk for transfer from peritoneal dialysis (PD) to hemodialysis (HD) for infection in the first 18 months and for adequacy issues after six months, ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...