Among women with chronic kidney disease, successful pregnancy with a surviving infant is rather rare. Although these pregnancies carry higher risk, with the possibility of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, they can be managed with close monitoring and intense renal replacement therapy. Given the hemodynamic advantages of peritoneal dialysis over hemodialysis in pregnancy, peritoneal dialysis...

Introduction Citrate is the recommended anticoagulant for continuous renal replacement therapy (RRT) [1], and is thought to confer numerous benefits, including more continuous hours of filtration, fewer total circuits used, less overall cost and maybe improved patient and kidney survival when compared with heparin anticoagulation [2]. Citrate is run pre filter, calcium is infused post filter, t...

The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing and patients receiving renal replacement therapy including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or renal transplantation will comprise an enlarging segment of the dental patient population. Renal replacement therapy can affect periodontal tissues including gingival hyperplasia in immune suppressed renal transplantation patients and incr...

Coverage of renal replacement therapies (RRT) in Peruvian Ministry of Health is poor. There is an unequal distribution of TRR in the country, and is possible that up to 50% of the population does not have access to any kind of TRR. A multi-institutional approach to address this problem is necessary as it has been in consistent with the economic improvement of the country.

As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, it became apparent that worldwide these patients had a predisposition to thrombotic complications such as pulmonary embolisms, deep vein thromboses and circuit clotting in those receiving renal replacement therapy.[1][1] At start of epidemic UK

Reed F. Beall, MA, is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Population Health at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario. Jason W. Nickerson, RRT, PhD, is a Clinical Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario. Amir Attaran, DPhil, LLB, is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health and Global Development Policy at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa...

Timely and full provision of all patients suffering from chronic renal failure with hemodialysis procedures is one the priority areas for reforming healthcare system in Uzbekistan. The article highlights issues providing population replacement therapy and, according to opinion heads medical institutions, state service Uzbekistan disclosed.

The purpose of this study was to define the outcome of patients receiving both renal replacement therapy and mechanical ventilation in 16 Scottish intensive care units over a 2-year period. Patients were identified from the Scottish Intensive Care Society's database. Survivors developing end-stage renal failure were identified after examination of the Scottish Renal Registry's database. Mortali...