Peritoneal dialysis is a type of treatment that utilizes an individual's peritoneum or abdominal lining and a special fluid to filter the blood when the kidneys are unable to do so. Dialysis must ...

Kidney failure treatment without dialysis can involve conservative management, which means managing symptoms and attempting to preserve kidney function, or a kidney transplant. Kidney failure ...

The Arteriovenous AV fistula a surgically constructed link between an artery and a vein is the gold standard of dialysis ...

The Department of Medicine Nephrology Service at Womack Army Medical Center are pushing the limits of what can be done to ...

A change in Medicare coverage for some dialysis medications has left nursing homes and their patients receiving in-house treatment for kidney failure in a serious bind.