"The prognosis was so poor that the hospital called in grief counsellors to speak with my family and help prepare them." ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio A 67-year-old man in relatively good ...

Uncertainty exists over whether hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is the modality associated with better survival in patients with end-stage renal disease. Mehrotra and colleagues have shown that ...

PATIENTS undergoing peritoneal dialysis frequently require antibiotic therapy for intraperitoneal and systemic infections. Since information concerning transperitoneal movement of antibiotics is ...

What do the Kidneys do? The kidneys work as a filtering unit for the blood in our bodies and help in excreting waste products from the blood stream. The kidney filters out waste products from the ...

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Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) provides an important treatment option that can improve survival for some patients with advanced peritoneal cancer. Managing this disease — and ...

Mesothelioma can start in the layers of tissue that cover the organs in the tummy (abdomen). This is called peritoneal mesothelioma. Some people can have surgery to try to remove the mesothelioma. It ...

Mesotheliomas are rare neoplasms arising from mesothelial cells that cover the peritoneum, pleura, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis. 1 We present the case of a 62-year-old woman with primary ...