Objective To evaluate sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors and glucagon-like
peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes at varying …

Importance Numerous glucose-lowering drugs are used to treat type 2 diabetes. Objective
To estimate the relative efficacy and safety associated with glucose-lowering drugs including …

Globally, the number of patients undergoing maintenance dialysis is increasing, yet throughout
the world there is significant variability in the practice of initiating dialysis. Factors such as …

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

Outcomes reported in randomized controlled trials in peritoneal dialysis (PD) are diverse, are
measured inconsistently, and may not be important to patients, families, and clinicians. The …

Results The study included 9362 patients from 51 centers in Australia. The technique failure
rate was 0.35 (95% confidence interval, 0.34 to 0.36) episodes per patient-year, with a …

Results One hundred patients had a mean age of 57±15 years and a Birmingham vasculitis
activity score of 7.7±3.6. Therapy consisted of pulse methylprednisolone (59%), …

Background Peritonitis is a common cause of technique failure in peritoneal dialysis (PD).
Dialysis center−level characteristics may influence PD peritonitis outcomes independent of …

BACKGROUND: Patients receiving in-centre hemodialysis are at high risk of exposure to
SARS-CoV-2 and death if infected. One dose of the BNT162b2 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is …

Introduction Peritonitis remains a common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). Although
representing only 1 – 12% of overall peritonitis in dialysis patients, fungal peritonitis (FP) is …