As the global burden of chronic kidney disease continues to increase, so does the need for a
cost-effective renal replacement therapy. In many countries, patient outcomes with …

A large gap between the number of people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who
received kidney replacement therapy (KRT) and those who needed it has been recently …

Cardiovascular disease poses the greatest risk of premature death seen among patients
with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Up to 50% of mortality risk in the dialysis population is …

Technique failure is a frequent complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD), but the association
between causes of death-censored technique failure and mortality remains unclear. Using …

Background and Objectives Hypokalemia has been consistently associated with high
mortality rate in peritoneal dialysis. However, studies investigating if hypokalemia is acting …

Background: Peritonitis is more common in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients nonadherent to
the PD exchange protocol procedures than in compliant patients. We therefore investigated …

Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis remains the major complication and primary challenge
to the longterm success of peritoneal dialysis (PD). The study aimed to analyze the …

Background The reported association between individual indicators of socioeconomic status
(SES) and mortality in dialysis patients was inconsistent in previous studies. We performed a …

Background Lower education level could be a risk factor for higher peritoneal dialysis (PD)-
associated peritonitis, potentially resulting in technique failure. This study evaluated the …

The number of older adults worldwide is increasing as societies gain success in improving
the health and lifespan of their citizens. As a result, increasing numbers of older adults are …