By the time she finally arrived in a cross-town emergency room, she had endured seven days without dialysis. Brigham’s body was swollen with 18 pounds of fluid, and her potassium levels were so ...

At Ben Taub and LBJ, the steady influx of kidney failure patients has resulted in delayed medical care for others in the emergency room. Dialysis patients require heart testing, blood work, and ...

PhilHealth has expanded the coverage of its packages for hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplant and emergency ...

Dialysis is a lifesaving treatment for those with kidney disorders. But during emergencies, particularly bad weather, sometimes patients don’t want to go — or can’t get to —… ...

Dialysis is a lifesaving treatment for those with kidney disorders. But during emergencies, particularly bad weather, sometimes patients don’t want to go — or can’t get to —… ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It was during some of the darkest days of the pandemic — November 2020 — when Melissa Lawson, then 36, was helicoptered from an emergency room in Santa Rosa, Calif., to a ...

A survey of kidney dialysis patients finds that most have not taken the emergency preparedness measures that would enable them to survive a hurricane or any other disaster that disrupts power and ...

The CARPEDIEM: Cardio-Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency Machine is specifically designed for children with kidney failure under 8 kilograms in size. “This is the first true advancement in acute ...

Aug. 17—SELINSGROVE — Learning how to receive dialysis at home under her own ... "I do it at night while I sleep," said the Selinsgrove resident who has even traveled with the portable machine.

Inside the Fight to Untether Kidney Dialysis Patients From Their Bulky Machines For the almost 520,000 Americans who will undergo treatment this year, the process leaves little room for a full life.