Handing off dialysis patients from an outpatient to an acute care setting or skilled nursing facility can be a challenge because in many cases the timing of the handoff is often uncertain and abrupt.

When Fallon Bell was only 19 years old, she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, the same disease that both her mother and aunt lived with. Chronic kidney disease, or CKD, is when a person’s ...

The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday the dispatch of Kuwaiti nurses to Oman to participate in a specialized training program in kidney dialysis, as part of ongoing cooperation with Oman College of ...

A group of patients and nurses is calling for more regulation of dialysis clinics which they claim are often operating under unsafe conditions. They're supporting a Democratic state Senate bill that ...

Peritoneal dialysis allows patients living with stage 5 chronic kidney disease to manage their disease at home. However, such patients may be admitted to hospital with various health problems and be ...

Well-trained health care assistants are sharing the workload of nurses in public renal dialysis centres as the number of patients rises, the Hospital Authority says. Hong Kong's first pilot scheme for ...