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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The Power Of Curiosity In Shared Decision-Making
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A potential risk of an “if this, then that” approach is losing the patient focus and nuance in understanding that is necessary for modality decisions.
Published on 05/06/2021 by Renata Sledge, PhD, LCSW
Road Trip with Daily Home HD
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We left Chicago on the snowy winter day at around 1:00 with the goal of making it to Mesilla, New Mexico by Saturday afternoon, so I could dialyze that evening
Published on 04/29/2021 by Richard Stacewicz
From the Patient's Perspective: How to Protect Your Heart?
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When kidneys don't work well, they stop filtering out toxins andexcess fluid from the blood. This causes a build-up of these toxinsand fluid in the body. Excess fluid in the body causes themost impact on the heart
Published on 04/08/2021 by Kamal Shah
My Failing Fistula and A Big Reality Check
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HewittMy fistula & I have had a pretty complicated relationship. I didn’t want one, but reluctantly agreed to have one made in December 2017, in my left forearm.
Published on 04/01/2021 by Stephen Hewitt
Home HD: The Value of Flexibility
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I received a call this week from my donor coordinator, who wanted to first determine if I was still willing to donate and, if so to schedule the next set of evaluations.
Published on 03/04/2021 by Michael Howington