Life expectancy is 40 years shorter for adult survivors of childhood dialysis and 17 years shorter for adult survivors of a childhood kidney transplant compared with the general population. Kidney ...

Oniscu and colleagues carried out a long-term survival assessment of 1732 adults listed for kidney transplantation in Scotland between January 1 and December 31, 1989. Of these, 1095 (63%) received a ...

Dialysis is a lifesaving medical treatment for people whose kidneys can no longer efficiently filter waste, toxins and excess fluids from the blood. The term dialysis means to separate. In this health ...

May 27, 2009 (Milan, Italy) — Patients 65 years and older experience more complications from kidney transplantation than younger organ recipients, but studies presented here at the World Congress of ...

Hemodialysis is a procedure where excess fluids and waste products are filtered from the blood. It is done externally using a machine called a dialyzer. Millions of people in America have received a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older patients who chose dialysis vs. continuing medical management had a longer survival. Patients who choose ...