KidneyViews
Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
We have a "lifestyle bible" for sale that can help you learn about dialysis options. Help, I Need Dialysis! We also have prepared some slideshows on how to have a good future with kidney disease.
View from the Chair: Learning to Self-cannulate – Tips from Fellow Dialyzors
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We hope some of these tips will help you or your patients succeed at self-cannulation!
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Published on 07/18/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Why Does the U.S. Still Use Steel Needles for Hemodialysis?
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You see, Japan had a secret they still have not published about to this day:
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Published on 05/02/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dialysis patients: How a finger can save your life when your fistula bleeds
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During a time of emergency like this, people often flounder and do things they are not supposed to do and in fact, make things worse.
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Published on 11/09/2023 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Live Life Courageously: Starting Home HD at 72
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Throughout my life on dialysis, I have maintained a positive attitude about life, with the outlook of living each day to the fullest.
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Published on 05/18/2023 by James Manning
Tags: Making dialysis better, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Don’t Flog the Fistulas: Slow Hemodialysis Blood Flow!
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The use of excessively high blood flow rates during dialysis-flow rates of upwards of 350 ml/minute-appears to be a US-only phenomenon.
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Published on 03/30/2023 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: How dialysis works, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,