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.
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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.
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.
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,
Touch Cannulation: The Genius of Stuart Mott
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I suspect that if the Touch Cannulation method were applied widely, the disparity between different cannulators may disappear
Published on 02/02/2023 by Peter Laird, MD
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Yay! Its Summer! …Oh, and I Have to Do Dialysis
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Is a normal life over when you are a dialysis patient? NO! That is one of the benefits of at home dialysis, the flexibility to schedule and adjust as needed.
Published on 08/04/2022 by Michael Howington
Tags: How dialysis works, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
Dispelling PD Myths: Abdominal Surgery and Obesity
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Dr. Rob Quinn from Canada talked about the myth that patients with prior abdominal surgery or who are obese should not be offered PD.
Published on 06/02/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,