The FDA is urging dialysis providers to conserve their supplies of blood flow lines, amid a shortage of the specialized tubing that the agency expects will continue for at least six months.

As a result, the facility had to stop its production of intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions. The North Carolina facility is responsible for an estimated 1.5 million IV bags a day ...

They then empty a new bag of fresh solution into the abdomen, and then this exchange is repeated between four and six times each day. With automated peritoneal dialysis, a machine automatically ...

In total, five patients received one intraperitoneal dose of potassium and/or magnesium (4 g MgSO 4 and/or 60–80 mmol KCl per 2 l, 2.5% peritoneal dialysis bag; used as last dwell). Oral ...