Autologous arteriovenous access is the key to long-term success with hemodialysis and is strongly supported by the National Kidney ... Basilic vein transposition (BVT) fulfills the need for ...

2 Forecasting Acute Kidney Injury Acute kidney injury (AKI ... of a dialysis patient’s vascular access to identify the presence of an access aneurysm and its stage. That is, a weakened area in the ...

Wilms tumor, a common pediatric kidney cancer, is treatable with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy for optimal ...

Bad placement of a catheter by a Fort Lauderdale doctor caused a patient to have a stroke, the Florida Department of Health ...

per minute. A technic was developed for the permanent implantation of cannulas into an artery and vein of the forearm. Between dialyses, patency of these blood vessels depends on maintaining ...

A large-scale clinical trial found that intravenous infusion of exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog ...

The present case and others in the literature indicate that the presence of hydronephrosis, even if associated with no apparent glomerular filtration rate (i.e. 'nonfunctioning kidneys'), must be ...

Commonly prescribed drugs used to treat high blood pressure have been shown to, over time, wreck the kidneys’ ability to filter and purify blood, but exactly how that dangerous side effect unfolded ...

Emily now knows that her heart had stopped beating for ten seconds, but at the time she had no idea her life was at risk.

The metabolic consequences of altered renal function are becoming clear as maintenance of life with hemodialysis and kidney transplantation provides an awareness of the importance of these ...

Before judging too harshly, we consulted some nutrition and wellbeing experts to see if there really is a rich vein of benefits in the trend ... vomiting, and even liver or kidney damage in severe ...