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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heparin is routinely used to keep central venous catheters patent but is it the most effective flush solution? A systematic review was undertaken to find out AbstractAnderson BJ et al (2010) What 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 ...

A 47-year-old man with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease was started on peritoneal dialysis (PD) 2 years prior after a renal allograft ...