Dialysis is typically performed in a hospital or clinical dialysis center, where a patient’s blood is drawn through an access point, filtered through a dialysis machine, and then returned to the body.

Severe pediatric cardiac decompensation has a mortality risk of 50-65% and is the leading cause of death in children. Heart transplantation is the current standard of care for end-stage pediatric ...

An 8-year-old boy waiting for a heart transplant is being kept alive by an experimental device that can be used only in dire circumstances. Two months ago, Blake Busmire's heart completely shut down ...