As blood in the peritoneal capillaries comes into contact with dialysate in the peritoneal cavity, solutes in the blood diffuse into the dialysate. The osmotic gradient created by glucose in the ...

For most people, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are equally effective treatments for end stage renal disease. Factors such as your health, preferences, and the costs may influence your final ...

Kidney disease impacts millions globally. Two main treatments, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, offer life-saving solutions. Hemodialysis uses a machine to filter blood, while peritoneal dialysis ...

In the past decade the greatest increases in peritoneal dialysis utilization have occurred in China, Thailand and the USA; peritoneal dialysis utilization has decreased in parts of Europe and in ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] The patients were 4 adult females, twenty to forty years old, admitted to the Los Angeles County Hospital with acute ...