The hurricane devastated a North Carolina facility that produces peritoneal dialysis fluid, which is used by about 80,000 patients nationally. Doctors are being forced to change treatment plans ...

About 80,000 people in the US get peritoneal dialysis, which generally requires several liters of fluid a day, said Suzanne Watnick, a nephrologist and professor at the University of Washington.

Peritoneal dialysis involves placing liquids in the patient's abdominal cavity through a unique plastic tube to remove excess waste products and fluid from the body.

Addition of Alanyl-Glutamine to Dialysis Fluid Restores Peritoneal Cellular Stress Responses – A First-In-Man Trial. PLOS ONE, 2016; 11 (10): e0165045 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165045 ...

This fluid was not associated with acidosis; indeed, the mean decline in pH and the mean increase in the base deficit were significantly greater in the group assigned to peritoneal dialysis (P<0. ...

Peritoneal dialysis with ordinary fluid removed 92 mg. per hour, approximately a 4:1 ratio, whereas albumin removed 140 mg. per hour, or something less than 3:1.

The FDA has approved orphan drug designation for a new supplemental dialysate solution for patients on peritoneal dialysis.Zytoprotec, a biopharmaceutical company based in Vienna, Austria, said ...

In a recently published study, researchers examined the challenges of assessing hydration status for patients on peritoneal dialysis, deeming the search for the optimal technique “an ongoing ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s hospitals and dialysis centers are bracing for a shortage of two commonly used medical solutions after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage to one of ...

This comes nearly a month after Hurricane Helene forced the temporary closure of Baxter International in North Carolina, the largest manufacturer of IV and peritoneal dialysis fluids in the U.S ...

To investigate whether CBT could improve fluid adherence, the study investigators randomly assigned 15 patients on peritoneal dialysis for ≥3 months who had been identified as fluid non-adherent ...