If you will be receiving chemotherapy over a long period of time, or if you are a candidate for a blood or marrow transplantation, your healthcare provider may recommend a central line, or central ...

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) surgery include PD catheter insertion and removal. Both procedures require the use of anesthesia. The end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients usually have severe ...

Dialysis may cause many side effects, of which, itchy skin, muscle cramps, and high blood pressure are common. Speak with your doctor about your concerns and how you can manage or prevent some ...

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The prime minister was diagnosed with an infection from a “benign enlargement of his prostate.” By Eve Sampson Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel will undergo surgery to have his ...

Among the various approaches to management of CRBSI, removal and delayed replacement ... involving larger samples of hemodialysis patients. Central venous catheter-related blood stream infection ...

Figure 1. Cause of death in prevalent dialysis patients in the United States, 2005 to 2007. 1 AMI indicates acute myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVA, cerebrovascular accident.

However, the amount of iron removed by hemodialysis in vivo is unknown. The purpose of this study was to measure the removal of iron dextran in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Six patients were ...

If clinical indications warrant removal, catheter cultures in addition ... before collecting blood for culture in tunneled and hemodialysis catheters. [52] They found no significant difference ...