Some seniors with end-stage kidney failure who are too sick for a transplant probably should skip dialysis because the health trade-offs aren't worth it, a new study says. Seniors who started dialysis ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) is throwing their support behind a new initiative to increase the use of home dialysis in patients with advanced kidney disease. In a scientific statement ...

For older adults with complex health problems, immediately starting dialysis when their kidney function falls below a standard threshold gives them about a week more of life but two more weeks in a ...

For the millions of people living with end‑stage kidney disease, hemodialysis is more than a medical procedure, it is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, the annual rate of growth in incident patients with end-stage kidney disease has slowed.

Kidney function at 90 days after hospital discharge is associated with the long-term prognosis of patients with dialysis-dependent acute kidney injury. Clinicians should use kidney function before and ...

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine sheds new light on the complex decision-making process for older adults with chronic kidney failure. The choices, either starting dialysis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . From 2010 to 2018, 1.4% of deceased kidney donors had dialysis before donation. Overall, 969 kidneys were ...

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining on the treatment for the rest of their lives, according to a new study led ...

Kidney failure, or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), occurs when the kidneys are no longer able to filter waste and toxins from your bloodstream without the help of dialysis or a kidney transplant.

Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure, according to a study published ...