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 . ANAHEIM—Individuals who end up in the hospital emergency room after months, maybe years, of ignoring the signs ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

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 ...

Leesburg, VA, May 7, 2014— Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis catheter placement via fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guidance experienced significantly fewer complications at 1 year post-insertion ...

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 ...