Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) often develop protein energy malnutrition. Amino-acid-containing dialysate can compensate for low protein intake and protein losses in such patients ...

In recent years, advancements in dialysis therapy and the growing number of elderly patients starting dialysis have ...

kidney patients must monitor their diet carefully in between dialysis sessions. They need to avoid eating foods with a high salt content or a high protein content as excess amino acids are broken ...

In developing countries RRT is not uniformly available and treatment often relies on conservative management and intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD). This study investigates the possibility of ...

Ng said she chose at-home peritoneal dialysis over blood dialysis as she ... refused any treatment even after tests flagged ...

Failures at an NHS kidney dialysis unit led to 15 patients being admitted to hospital and one person having a stroke, an investigation has found.