Life expectancy is 40 years shorter for adult survivors of childhood dialysis and 17 years shorter for adult survivors of a childhood kidney transplant compared with the general population. Kidney ...
Hemodialysis uses a machine to filter your blood when your kidneys are failing. In peritoneal dialysis, dialysis solution ...
Ironically, instead of answering the question of survival benefit of these 2 modalities, observational studies have generated more questions. These include: Are the differences real? Are there ...
Patients not waitlisted for kidney transplant received breast or prostate cancer screening at lower-than-expected rates, including those with good life expectancy. Breast and prostate cancer ...