Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major cause of early death worldwide. By
2030, 14.5 million people will have end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD, or CKD stage 5), yet …

Water is a dwindling natural resource, and potable water is wrongly considered an unlimited
resource. Dialysis, particularly hemodialysis, is a water-hungry treatment that impacts the …

Home dialysis modalities (home hemodialysis [HD] and peritoneal dialysis [PD]) are
associated with greater patient autonomy and treatment satisfaction compared with in-center …

Individuals with kidney failure undergoing maintenance dialysis frequently report a high
symptom burden that can interfere with functioning and diminish life satisfaction. Until …

Background The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) last published
guidelines on prescribing peritoneal dialysis (PD) in 2006. 1 These focused primarily on …

Objective: To present data from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology on patients with chronic
dialysis for kidney disease in July 2018, making a comparative analysis of the past 10 years …

Blood pressure (BP) and volume control are critical components of dialysis care and have
substantial impacts on patient symptoms, quality of life, and cardiovascular complications …

Objective To identify the optimal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at which to
initiate dialysis in people with advanced chronic kidney disease. Design Nationwide …

Background: Older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) face difficult
decisions about managing kidney failure, frequently experiencing decisional conflict, regret …

Background and objectives For older patients with kidney failure, lowering symptom burden
may be more important than prolonging life. Dialysis initiation may affect individual kidney …