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The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time on record.

This was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.By the time Cheryl Cosey learned she had COVID-19, she had gone three days without dialysis — a day and a half more than she u...

The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.

The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new review of the best practices clinical care teams use in treating patients with kidney failure using peritoneal dialysis (PD) supports a more holistic and patient-centered approach to care and assessment of the quality of dialysis delivered. National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) supports the new direction recommended by the 2020 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) overall and published its commentary in NKF's American Journal of Kidney Diseases ...