Procedure was carried out on a 34-year-old Pune resident and mother of three suffering from End-Stage Renal Disease In a landmark achievement, doctors at BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General ...

For most people, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are equally effective treatments for end stage renal disease. Factors such as your health, preferences, and the costs may influence your final ...

As blood in the peritoneal capillaries comes into contact with dialysate in the peritoneal cavity, solutes in the blood diffuse into the dialysate. The osmotic gradient created by glucose in the ...

In the past decade the greatest increases in peritoneal dialysis utilization have occurred in China, Thailand and the USA; peritoneal dialysis utilization has decreased in parts of Europe and in ...

In a landmark achievement, doctors at BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) successfully performed Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD), the first such procedure in ...