Abstract. Studies of the adequacy of peritoneal dialysis and recommendations have assumed
that renal and peritoneal clearances are comparable and therefore additive. The CANUSA …

Background: The annual payer costs for patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) are lower
than with hemodialysis (HD), but in 2007, only 7% of dialysis patients in the United States …

Several comparisons of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) in incident patients
with ESRD demonstrate superior survival in PD-treated patients within the first 1 to 2 years. …

Globally, the number of patients undergoing maintenance dialysis is increasing, yet throughout
the world there is significant variability in the practice of initiating dialysis. Factors such as …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that affects
various organs. Lupus nephritis is one of the most common, and most important, serious …

Survivors of severe acute kidney injury remain at high risk of death well after apparent
recovery from the initial insult. Here we determine whether early nephrology follow-up after a …

Background. Hypertension is the prime contributor for cardiovascular mortality in the
dialysis population. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been thought to improve blood pressure (BP) …

Objective No studies have been done to examine factors that predict the outcome of bacterial
peritonitis during peritoneal dialysis (PD), beyond the contribution of the organism causing …

Increasing the dialysis dose has failed to have an impact on the mortality of dialysis patients.
In contrast, residual kidney function (RKF) has consistently been a potent predictor of …

Mortality is highest in the first months of maintenance hemodialysis (HD) therapy. In many
Western countries, patients who transition to kidney replacement therapy usually begin thrice-…