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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Down the Rabbit Hole of Xenotransplantation (Part One)
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In recent years, exciting work has been making mainstream media headlines regarding animal-to-human (xeno) transplants. If you’d like to see some of the stories, I suggest reading:
Published on 01/09/2025 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Setting the dialysate Sodium value in Hemodialysis
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So, it is crucial to ensure that the dialysate sodium is set appropriately during our dialysis sessions. The challenge lies in figuring out how to achieve this.
Published on 12/19/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Alport’s Syndrome and My Life
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I inherited kidney problems from my mom, who carried Alport Syndrome. In my family all the boys were affected
Published on 12/12/2024 by Evan Coaker
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me,
Happy Thanksgiving
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We all know that as each year passes, this holiday (and all of the others) become bittersweet, as we lose people we love.
Published on 11/28/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Ultrafiltration Rates in Hemodialysis and a Reply to John Agar
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Many of us who work in nephrology know that removing water too quickly during hemodialysis does serious, systemic damage—and there is a strong link between high UF rates and death.
Published on 11/21/2024 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,