HOUSTON—Longer dialyzing time and higher dialysis dose are independently associated with better survival among patients receiving short daily hemodialysis (SDHD), according to researchers.

I had chosen to use Darrow's interstitial fluid solution for the composition of my dialyzing fluid. “But Mr. Kolff,” asked my colleague, “Why don't you leave out the potassium?

Since its inception in 2008, nearly 12,000 fewer DaVita patients are dialyzing with CVCs.

The study found that New York and New Jersey patients who received early dialysis prior to Hurricane Sandy had 20% lower odds of visiting the emergency department, and 21% lower odds of a ...

Inflow of dialyzing solution is begun as soon as the cannula is in place. Two liters are infused at atime (an "exchange"), and depending on the osmolarity desired, the solution consists of ...

Susan Wong, MD (University of Washington) and her colleagues conducted a retrospective study to determine how often patients with advanced CKD do not receive RRT, the characteristics of these ...

In patients on hemodialysis (HD), pre-dialysis hyperkalemia is an independent predictor of mortality according to prior publications. Patients on HD frequently experience hyperkalemia prior to ...

The new findings are from the RE-UTILIZE study, which used data from 9347 adult HD patients enrolled in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Pre-dialysis hyperkalemia (serum ...

A recent report demonstrates that these value-based care arrangements result in increased transplantation, more patients dialyzing with an optimal access in place, and more patients dialyzing at home.