Peritoneal dialysis is a medical treatment that uses the lining of the belly as a natural filter to take waste and extra water out of the blood. It can take over this job when the kidneys can't do it.

The author concludes that such a system is the best treatment option for premature babies with acute renal failure or metabolic disorders when peritoneal dialysis is contraindicated. Unlike ...

5 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore 6 Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, ...

Similar postinsertion complication and technical survival rates are seen with single- and double-purse-string suture catheter insertion methods for peritoneal dialysis, according to a study ...

1 In the presence of such a communication in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), any undue increase in intra-abdominal pressure secondary to high dwell volumes, chronic ...

Hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia are occasional complications of peritoneal dialysis. Oral supplementation of potassium and magnesium might not be effective as a result of patient noncompliance and ...

The specialized staff offers peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapies, kidney biopsies, and plasmapheresis for infants, children and adolescents. In order to maximize ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in a release yesterday announced that its medical staff performed Guyana’s first neonatal peritoneal dialysis, describing it as a groundbreaking ...