Praying for a miracle/"Every day, 17 people die waiting for an organ transplant." Aug 22, 2008
They first attempted "peritoneal dialysis," which Cindy explains is done by placing a tube in the abdominal lining and at night, dialysate is pumped in and left in all day to cleanse the body of toxins. The following night, she said, dialysate would be pumped out and new would be placed in. (Nevada Journal, IA)
Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse Aug 21, 2008
Experience: Prefer minimum of one year of peritoneal dialysis nursing care. Renal Advantage Inc. is the fourth largest provider of dialysis services in the United States. (Florida Today)
Patients embrace improved facilities at Greene County Medical Arts complex Aug 5, 2008
Staff is also on hand to train patients in peritoneal dialysis, so they can realize independence and freedom of treatment. A new sleep lab was also part of the improvements to the medical arts center and is the first of its kind for Greene County. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Model For Automated, Wearable Artificial Kidney Designed Jul 13, 2008
17, 2007) Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis may soon be able to worry less about the risks of infection and lessen their hospital. (Feb. (Science Daily)
Inside Alaska business Jun 26, 2008
The 9,000-square-foot clinic should be completed this year and will include in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis support and transplant support. The center will also offer an educational program to inform new and prospective dialysis patients and their families about kidney disease and dialysis, Fresenius said. (Anchorage Daily News)
DaVita Introduces 'Treatment Evaluator' May 26, 2008
(Logo: ) Treatment Evaluator(SM), available through by clicking on "Tools", walks patients through a simple 18-question quiz to find out which modality -- in-center hemodialysis, in-center self-care hemodialysis, in-center nocturnal hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, or peritoneal dialysis -- is a potential fit based on their answers. The online quiz allows patients to answer questions about treatment preferences, home and work responsibilities, and lifestyle choices. (PR Newswire)
The gift of a kidney May 20, 2008
There are two forms of dialysis haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In the former, your blood is purified by being circulated through an external filtering apparatus. (iAfrica.com)
Justin St. John | Green Valley NewsNurse manager Helen Simons of Green Valley’s Desert Dialysis prepares a bag of saline solution for kidney dialysis in the newly opened facility. The center is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays The company also plans to expand soon to take patients on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. May 14, 2008
The center has 24 hemodialysis machines and will be equipped soon to offer assistance with a peritoneal dialysis machine, which instead of a dialysis procedure, works by filtering a sterile fluid through the abdominal cavity, said an official. The center is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and will eventually be open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
The Mont Blanc Ascent and organ donation from living donors - Two challenges to out do oneself May 13, 2008
More than 32,000 Canadians suffer from kidney failure, including more than 7,000 individuals in Qu;bec, who often require hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or a graft. A kidney transplant, particularly from a living donor, constitutes the best treatment for patients suffering from kidney failure. (Canada Newswire)
Family affair (43) May 11, 2008
She was put on a transplant list and peritoneal dialysis started in September 1980 in Missoula. These dates are documented in the petite mother s 20-year book of statistics containing information on each daughter s lab tests, surgeries and symptoms. (Montana Standard, MT)
At the cutting edge May 3, 2008
At first the doctors suspected leukaemia, but found cysts on his kidneys, reducing their capacity to filter - "A bit like running a Ferrari on paraffin oil." A month later he was transferred to Belfast City hospital and put on a daily regime of peritoneal dialysis - the precursor to modern hemodialysis. "It was what they used to call a wash tub, a catheter and a solution that flushed out your rubbish. It wasn't a very pleasant experience.". (Guardian Unlimited)
A local woman is searching for someone to do her a monumental favor: give her a kidney. Mar 30, 2008
If she doesn't find a donor soon, she will begin peritoneal dialysis treatments at home next month. The dialysis involves a 30-minute fluid exchange from the abdomen four to six times a day. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Mario Aguilar | Green Valley NewsTony D’Eustachio, a Green Valley resident who fought for four years to bring a dialysis clinic to the area, celebrates the upcoming opening of the new Desert Dialysis Center on Duval Mine Road in Sahuarita. Mar 7, 2008
The center houses 24 hemodialysis machines and in a few months will be equipped to offer assistance with peritoneal dialysis, a process which, instead of using a dialysis machine, works by filtering a sterile fluid through the abdominal cavity, said an official. The center will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, though eventually a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday shift will be added. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Fight against PKD is a family affair in the Upper County Jan 24, 2008
I was on peritoneal dialysis, she says. You have a catheter in your abdomen. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
The Gift of Life Dec 27, 2007
After about a week in OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Cody was given a choice of hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. The doctor told me that if I wanted to have my life in my hands, peritoneal dialysis was the way to go, he said ... Unlike hemodialysis, which removed blood form the body, cleanses and returns it, peritoneal dialysis put cleansing solution in Cody's abdominal cavity every night and extracted it as well. (Rosenberg Herald-Coaster, TX)
Needing dialysis Dec 11, 2007
Peritoneal dialysis, which about 10 people use through the Odessa facility, allows patients to undergo treatment in their own home. Home hemo treatment is also available, in which patients set up a full machine with monitors and plumbing. (Odessa American, TX)
A precious gift is given Nov 22, 2007
For the first year, Ron was hooked up to a machine four times a day for 45 minutes at a time for peritoneal dialysis ... In peritoneal dialysis, a soft tube called a catheter is used to fill the abdomen with a cleansing liquid called dialysis solution, according to the Website for the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. Receives Patent Grant for Proprietary SFP Iron-Delivery in Mexico Oct 23, 2007
The Mexican SFP patent grant covers the method and pharmaceutical composition for iron delivery administered in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients. Mr. Robert L. Chioini, Chairman, CEO and President of Rockwell, stated, ``We are pleased to add Mexico, estimated to be the 8th largest ESRD market in the world, to further strengthen and protect our proprietary intellectual property for SFP worldwide. (Primezone Releases)
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They offer standard in-facility hemodialiysis and offer peritoneal dialysis, another method of in-facility dialysis. Their patient care technicians also educate patients, specifically in chronic kidney disease education. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Dialysis clinic hosts grand opening Sep 26, 2007
State-of-the-art equipment and a full range of social work and dietetic services will make the Fredericktown Dialysis Clinic a one-of-a-kind dialysis center offering hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis. We know that this facility will truly be an asset to Fredericktown and surrounding communities, said Dr. Zaheer Amin, who serves as medical director for the Fredericktown Dialysis Clinic. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Nation's Largest Dialysis Patient Organization Recognizes the Achievements of Patients and Leaders in Kidney Care Sep 25, 2007
-- Jack W. Moncrief, MD. Dr. Moncrief from Austin, TX is credited with developing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis -- a method of dialysis that allows the blood to be cleaned within the abdominal cavity. -- American Kidney Fund (AKF). (PR Newswire)
[ANN]Indian patients unaware of peritoneal dialysis Sep 10, 2007
ANN]Indian patients unaware of peritoneal dialysis ... The therapy, peritoneal dialysis, is being discussed at the ninth annual conference of Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India at a three-day meet which concluded on September 9 ... Another kind of dialysis, called "peritoneal dialysis", which can be carried out at home by patients themselves, is not popular in India, he said. (Korea Herald, Korea)
McGuinty Government Increases Access To Dialysis Services For Timmins Area Residents Aug 31, 2007
The new In-Centre Unit will also house training rooms for home and peritoneal dialysis patients designed to improve their quality of life. It will also include an ambulatory clinic, as well as a self-care area, which will provide integrated dialysis services and result in more efficient care for patients. (Canada Newswire)
Grant to help hospital transport dialysis patients Aug 28, 2007
There are two types of dialysis: hemodialysis, which uses a machine to clean the blood and is usually performed at a dialysis facility; and peritoneal dialysis - a kind of internal dialysis that relies on tissues in the abdomen (peritoneal cavity) to filter blood. Patients can perform peritoneal dialysis on their own ... The hospital's dialysis unit performs hemodialysis and provides services to peritoneal dialysis patients at their homes or in extended-care facilities. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Kidney Failure May 30, 2007
Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are the two main types. The details of these will be covered in another article that will complement this one. (Suite101.com)
Wife, mother, kidney transplant recipient and now college grad turns obstacles into stepping stones May 24, 2007
She began undergoing peritoneal dialysis while on the waiting list, a tedious hours-long process that oftentimes zapped her energy and made her weak, though it did not keep her from furthering her studies. Determined to finish school, she enrolled at Heart of Georgia Technical College to take a few courses before learning in 2005 that she would receive the much-needed second transplant. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
To come: one more option for dialysis Apr 16, 2007
It is a peritoneal-based device, but does a better job than current peritoneal dialysis, which allows patients to independently circulate dialysis fluid in and out of their body to clean the blood through a tube surgically inserted into the abdomen. The Awaks advantage and the source of the extra mobility it offers is that it does not require the large quantities of the dialysis fluid, or dialysate, that patients need to buy and store for peritoneal dialysis ... This innovation could be... (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
In search of the hidden poor Apr 6, 2007
I'm on peritoneal dialysis, which means I've got this tube permanently sticking out of my belly and it plugs into that machine at night and it runs for eight hours while I sleep. I work, you see, and I don't have time to do that shit at any other time of day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Obesity cited in high kidney failure rate for kids in South Florida Apr 2, 2007
Rather than drive to Miami three days a week for dialysis, Hannah gets her treatment -- peritoneal dialysis -- at home. She's hooked to the machine for 15 hours a day and has very limited mobility. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Poorer kidney patients get more subsidies in dialysis revision Mar 19, 2007
The new framework will also give the same subsidy quantum for both haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. At present, patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis get more subsidies. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
She needs a kidney, and he wants to help Mar 18, 2007
After that kidney failed, she went on peritoneal dialysis, a procedure that she does for about an hour every afternoon and from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night during sleep. Without the kidney, Allen could stick to her daily dialysis. (Boston Globe -- Local)
MRI dyes tied to rare skin disease Feb 23, 2007
The researchers noted that patients on peritoneal dialysis were more likely to develop the condition that those than on hemodialysis. CDC officials believe stricken patients werent able to clear the contrasting agent from their body. (MSNBC -- Health)
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Nichols, who had been on peritoneal dialysis for three years, had been waiting for a new kidney. An attempt to transplant one of her husband's kidneys didn't work when the injections she had received contributed to her body clotting it off. (Hornell Evening Tribune, NY)
American Renal buys Metro St. Louis Dialysis Feb 15, 2007
It currently treats 68 hemodialysis patients and six peritoneal dialysis patients, and it maintains 16 hemodialysis stations. Beverly, Mass. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Duke Hospital staff members honored at banquet Jan 20, 2007
The leadership award went to clinical operations director Loretta Ezell, who labored to keep the Peritoneal Dialysis Program -- which ran short of staff due to emergencies -- up and running. The program didn't miss a beat because of her efforts. (Herald Sun)
Pastor answers prayer by donating his kidney Jan 10, 2007
In the meantime, Bricker underwent peritoneal dialysis for 10 hours a night over nine months. Eventually, he developed bacteria and was switched to hemodialysis three days a week. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Morgan's marketing campaign for a kidney doesn't set well with hospital Dec 10, 2006
"I expect to take them fishing on Lake Conroe." Now Morgan arises every morning at 4:30 to begin one of the four sessions of peritoneal dialysis he must administer to himself each day ... Peritoneal dialysis allows Morgan greater mobility, but he cannot take the equipment with him overseas. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Condition of China's "mermaid boy" deteriorates Dec 8, 2006
Doctors at Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital are keeping the baby alive via hematodialysis instead of through peritoneal dialysis after he developed a peritoneal infection. "It is already a miracle that the boy is still alive," said Li Bixiang, a doctor at the hospital. (Xinhuanet, China)
Heroes: Zina Gordon Dec 6, 2006
With the love and support of her family, Zina chose to fight the kidney failure and underwent peritoneal dialysis three times per week at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. After a year of dialysis, Zina underwent a successful kidney transplantation, the organ donated by her son. (Hawkeyesports.com)
High school basketball: A reason to give thanks Nov 23, 2006
The 48-year-old Dieter has battled kidney disease, focal segmental glomerular sclerosis to be exact, his entire life and was headed toward peritoneal dialysis, in which the blood is cleaned inside the body, before Roher stepped in to donate his own kidney. Dieter was on the donor search list for three years, which was not a surprise because he said the official timetable was 3-5 years. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Shire Launches New Trial for First Renal Anaemia Treatment Produced in Human Cell Lines Oct 31, 2006
The study is planned to enrol over 400 patients with anaemia and CKD, who are either not on dialysis, who require peritoneal dialysis or who require haemodialysis, at over 50 centres across Europe. It will include patients suffering from kidney disease as a result of diabetes (diabetic nephropathy). (Canada Newswire)
The gift of life - Carson firefighter donates kidney to friend Sep 10, 2006
He was later able to perform peritoneal dialysis at home. He found a kidney specialist, Dr. Martin Bierman, the same man who examined him 11 years earlier, when Pat was 7. (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA)
Love your kidneys -- join the kidney care club Aug 30, 2006
The choice will be hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or a transplant. The IKKC, pioneered by, among others, Erik Tapan and Sandy Qlintang -- two doctors who specialize in kidney problems -- seeks to bring together kidney patients and their family members so they get the right information about kidney diseases and how to treat them. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Penn researchers use the abdomen to deliver oxygen to assist ailing lungs Aug 8, 2006
Friedberg's idea was inspired by a similar technique, already used for patients suffering from kidney failure -- peritoneal dialysis -- in which a catheter is placed into the abdominal cavity and the blood is cleansed by using the lining of the abdominal cavity to exchange toxins and electrolytes. Friedberg wondered if it would be possible to use the lining of the abdominal cavity for gas exchange, like a "supplemental" lung, analogous to the way it is used like a "supplemental" kidney with... (EurekAlert!)
Fellow firefighter and friend to donate kidney to Pat White of Carson Jul 23, 2006
"Both report for final tests and discussions with doctors July 31 - three days after Elder signs the papers to buy a house. The operations are scheduled for Aug. 2 at Omaha's University of Nebraska Medical Center."We're going to one of the best hospitals around for this," Elder said.Elder will likely remain in the hospital for three to five days. He can return to work in two to three weeks, but won't be allowed to do any strenuous labor until two months have passed.Pat's timeline for recovery is... (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA)
Home dialysis offers patients more freedom, flexibility Jul 5, 2006
Peritoneal dialysis, which uses the body s own peritoneal membrane inside the abdomen to remove impurities. It can be performed at home but must be done every day and is feasible only for certain patients. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Kidney patient turns advocate for better care Jul 4, 2006
Prior to that, Tanzberger had been undergoing peritoneal dialysis, a daily in-home procedure that uses implants in a patient's abdominal cavity to filter and cleanse the blood, allowing patients to move about freely during treatment instead of being connected to a machine. Now, Tanzberger undergoes three hours of hemodialysis three days a week. (Fort Bend Southwest Sun, TX)
DaVita Sends Notice of Termination of Supply Agreement May 30, 2006
The Company provides services at kidney dialysis centers and home peritoneal dialysis programs domestically in 41 states, as well as Washington, D.C. As of March 31, 2006, DaVita operated or managed over 1,200 outpatient facilities serving approximately 98,000 patients. SOURCE DaVita Inc.. (PR Newswire)
Apollo Health adds new unit May 29, 2006
Also offered is peritoneal dialysis that depends on the filtration capability of the body's abdomen, and doesn't use an external machine. Home dialysis patients will be required to make get monthly check-ups at the center, which will be staffed by a nurse manager, registered dietitian and social worker. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
NKF's new CEO says priorities are accountability, affordable dialysis May 16, 2006
It will promote peritoneal dialysis (PD), which allows kidney-failure patients to undergo treatment at home. This form of dialysis not only offers patients a better quality of life, but is also slightly cheaper. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
'A perfect match' May 13, 2006
Doctors recommended that Felkel be evaluated at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston to see if he was a candidate for peritoneal dialysis, where surgery is performed to insert a tube to enable the patient to receive dialysis at home. The surgery enabled Felkel to receive dialysis for 10 hours each night while he slept, from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Innovotech Inc.: Press Release May 10, 2006
Commonly recognized biofilm diseases include cystic fibrosis lung infections, peritoneal dialysis infections and catheter related infections. This gap in treatment, not only results in prolonged illness for the patient, but contributes to bacterial resistance, as bacteria are subject to a dosage of antibiotic that does not kill them. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Baxter Announces Investment of $60 Million to Expand Manufacturing Capacity in China Mar 23, 2006
Baxter's sales in China, which were approximately $100 million in 2005, are expected to more than double by 2010, given the anticipated increase in demand for the company's intravenous solutions (IV) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) products. "This investment symbolizes Baxter's strong commitment to meeting local needs for critical products and advancing healthcare in China and across the Asia Pacific region," said Peter J. Arduini, president of Baxter's Medication Delivery business. (PR Newswire)
Baxter to expand China facilities Mar 23, 2006
The company's sales in China, which totaled about $100 million in 2005, are expected to more than double by 2010, as a result of an expected increase in demand for the company's intravenous solutions and peritoneal dialysis products, Baxter said. In addition to its four facilities in China, Baxter operates facilities in India, Japan, Singapore, Australia and the Philippines. (Crain's Chicago Business)
