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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An Innovative IT Design to Enhance Relatedness, Satisfaction, & Outcomes
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An Australian study that proposed an intriguing solution for home hemodialysis (HD) patients who have little direct contact with their healthcare team and feel isolated and anxious.
Published on 04/26/2018 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Dialysis and Dementia: Four Very Different Conversations
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Certain ethical dilemmas arise repeatedly in the setting of kidney failure. Who should be first in line to receive a scarce and precious donated kidney, for example?
Published on 04/19/2018 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
What is an “eGFR,” and Why and When Does it Matter?
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What follows is the discussion I have about diminishing kidney function with my patients.
Published on 04/12/2018 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
Dialysis Patient Needs vs. Social Worker Caseloads
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It has been widely reported that depression increases the risk of hospitalization and death for both in-center and home dialysis patients.
Published on 04/05/2018 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
I WON’T LET KIDNEY DISEASE DEFINE ME OR STOP ME ACHIEVING MY DREAMS
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After 18 months of endless hospitalisations, major surgeries and nightmare health crises, my kidneys failed and I needed dialysis to keep me alive.
Published on 03/29/2018 by Maddy Warren
Tags: Making dialysis better,
About Me: Before, During and After Starting Dialysis
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I woke up from surgery, with the surgeon leaning over me saying “from now on you must treat your arm like it is your lifeline, because it is!” and so my journey began.
Published on 03/22/2018 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better,
I Will Not Let This Illness Define Me – Part 2
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Within 2 weeks of running 5 short daily treatments at home, using a much slower pump speed, I started to feel clear headed and energetic and hungry, like I hadn't in years.
Published on 03/15/2018 by Colin Mackay
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
I Will Not Let This Illness Define Me – Part 1
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I hadn't realized that it was possible to feel numb, terrified, and nauseous all within the same heartbeat. But here I was, feeling all three. My GP at least had the good manners to look just as mortified as I felt.
Published on 03/08/2018 by Colin Mackay
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Why Home Hemodialysis?
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Many people ask me why I choose to do home hemodialysis. To me the answer is quite simple.
Published on 03/01/2018 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Pain Management in Home Dialysis
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The authors found that 60%+ of dialysis patients were prescribed one or more opioids each year, and 20% had at least one 90-day prescription each year.
Published on 02/22/2018 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW