Placement of a catheter for emergency peritoneal dialysis can be a relatively low-risk, low-cost procedure performed by a nephrologist at the bedside without the need for operating room resources. 1 A ...

Researchers at Okayama University report in The Journal of Vascular Access a supporting device for accurately placing hemodialysis catheters on kidney patients. The device was successfully used on a ...

At baseline, there was no difference in Perceived Stress Scale scores between groups (P =.743). However, postprocedure scores were significantly lower in the stress ball group compared with controls ...