When he gathers with family at his grandparents' house for Christmas dinner this year, Edward Constantineau of Sterling Heights will be surrounded by the people who pushed him to fight to recover from ...

The cost of emergency dialysis is estimated to be 8-times that of in-center dialysis. A new study reveals that a transitional dialysis program piloted in Travis County (Austin, TX) resulted in a ...

Hispanic patients initiating hemodialysis in the US were less likely to receive predialysis nephrology care and had lower rates of usable vascular access at dialysis initiation than White patients.

Cardiology is rapidly shifting to the outpatient setting, with CMS’ proposed 2026 payment rule adding more than 200 ASC-eligible procedures and paving the way for wider adoption of high-acuity cardiac ...

Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) who are on hemodialysis have worse patency outcomes after endovascular interventions with drug-coated balloons (DCB) than patients not on dialysis, but ...

An investigational anticoagulant that targets factor XI failed to prevent arteriovenous graft (AVG) thrombosis in chronic hemodialysis patients, according to a placebo-controlled phase IIb trial. In ...

Hemodiafiltration is associated with improved overall and cardiovascular survival, as long as high convection volumes are achieved, according to a consensus statement. The European Dialysis Working ...

Hemodialysis (HD) is a life-saving treatment for more than 1,700,000 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage V. Every year the HD population becomes increasingly older (average age: 75 years) ...