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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Does Fluid Intake During Dialysis “Count” as Fluid Weight Gain?
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Do you include rinse-back and an on-dialysis drink in working out the amount of fluid to take off? Let's say I gained 1 litre and thus have 1 litre to remove to reach target weight.
Published on 04/16/2020 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Traveling the U.S. with an RV and Home Hemodialysis
(15 comments)
My name is Terry Clark, and I have Polycystic kidney disease. When my kidneys first failed, I started peritoneal dialysis at home, and during this time my husband and I purchased a motorhome—a used Newmar Dutchstar.
Published on 04/09/2020 by Terry Clark
Tags: Making dialysis better, travel,
Does Anyone Else Feel Like Giving Up on Dialysis?
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Along with daily discussion of technical, medical and logistic issues, the Home Dialysis Central Facebook Discussion Group occasionally posts on the feelings/emotional impact of dialysis.
Published on 04/02/2020 by Ant de Villiers
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, How dialysis works, Making dialysis better,
Testing the Tablo
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The mission of Home Dialyzors United is to inform, inspire and advocate for an extraordinary quality of life for the home dialysis community, and we have interpreted that to include supporting innovation in renal replacement therapy
Published on 03/26/2020 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, How dialysis works, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests,
Using the MATCH-D More Effectively to Increase Utilization of Home Therapies
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A significant barrier to home utilization is lack of education among some patients, dialysis clinic staff, and physicians regarding candidacy for home treatment
Published on 03/05/2020 by Matt Daley
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues for patients and professionals,