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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with patients who had urgent-start temporary hemodialysis, patients who underwent urgent-start ...

A peritoneal dialysis catheter is a soft tube that is inserted into the abdomen in order to remove waste products from the blood (normally removed by the kidneys). Laparoscopic insertion - also known ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With the proper support system, urgent-start peritoneal dialysis is feasible and cost-efficient, according to a ...

Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis is an important strategy to promote home dialysis, according to investigators. Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (PD) is safer than urgent-start hemodialysis (HD), ...

June 29, 2004 -- Transhepatic catheter access for dialysis may be a viable alternative for patients with limited options, according to the results of a retrospective study published in the July issue ...

May 28 -- TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- There's little overall difference in infection risk if a catheter for dialysis is inserted into a neck vein or an upper leg vein in critically ill ...

ED Highly Prevalent in Men with Failed Hypospadias Repair Follow-up procedures are significantly more likely to be required if PD catheters are inserted by interventionalists instead of general or ...

Researchers at Okayama University report in The Journal of Vascular Access a supporting device for accurately placing hemodialysis catheters on kidney patients. The device was successfully used on a ...

During the 9-year study period from November 1992 to October 2001, 1,601 initial hemodialysis accesses were placed, consisting of 741 prosthetic grafts (46.3%), 690 simple AVF (43.1%), and 170 basilic ...

A peritoneal dialysis catheter is a soft tube that is inserted into the abdomen in order to remove waste products from the blood (normally removed by the kidneys). Laparoscopic insertion - also known ...