In advanced clinical practice, up to 4/5th of the hospitalized patients require intravenous therapy at some point during their hospital stay. This intravenous route can involve administering ...

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 ...

PKD patient of mine has 20 cm kidneys on both sides and seem to be growing every few months. Any personal experience of how big kidneys can be before any problems are noted. I have had patients with ...

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 ...

Peritoneal dialysis is the method of choice in chronic dialysis treatment in children worldwide. The benefits of this method are multiple, including simplicity, low costs, better blood pressure ...

SwabFlush combines SwabCap and the ZR Catheter Flush Syringe into one device, to make it easier for nurses to flush, disinfect and protect the IV connector all at the same time. (Photo: Business Wire) ...

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 ...

As blood in the peritoneal capillaries comes into contact with dialysate in the peritoneal cavity, solutes in the blood diffuse into the dialysate. The osmotic gradient created by glucose in the ...