Life expectancy is 40 years shorter for adult survivors of childhood dialysis and 17 years shorter for adult survivors of a childhood kidney transplant compared with the general population. Kidney ...

Study findings can help clinicians and patients with kidney failure make informed decisions about considering kidney transplantation. The survival advantage of deceased-donor kidney transplantation ...

For older adults with complex health problems, immediately starting dialysis when their kidney function falls below a standard threshold gives them about a week more of life but two more weeks in a ...