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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Kidney Disease and Anemia: Why is it So, and How is it Treated?
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A patient asked—and it is a common question—if I would give a layman’s explanation for the anaemia that accompanies kidney disease.
Published on 10/29/2015 by Dr. John Agar
Let’s Apply Common Sense to Dialysis: More is Better
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Maybe it’s just me. But, taken together, these various findings seem to point in a single direction: the human body works better with cleaner blood, cleaner cells, cleaner tissues.
Published on 10/22/2015 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Is it Time to Revisit Aluminum as a Phosphate Binder?
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There are strong arguments to say that Al(OH)3 was “tarred and feathered” without a fair trial
Published on 10/15/2015 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Making dialysis better,
When Should You Refer a Home Dialyzor to the Social Worker?
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One of the most common emotions in those on dialysis is depression. [...] It’s important for staff and patients to recognize the signs and symptoms of depression and to reach out to the dialysis social worker first for help.
Published on 10/09/2015 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
CKD Education Ignores the Storm of Emotion
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[...] We must address the fear first, before we even try to educate people about ESRD treatment options. How can we do this? By offering hope.
Published on 10/01/2015 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
From Blog to Dialysis Chair: Implementing Volume 101
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We need to move away from the one-size-fits-all approach and realise that all patients differ, and all need different schedules tailored to individual needs. Yet, we do not commonly do this most obvious of all things.
Published on 09/23/2015 by Dr. John Agar
How to Help Your Working Home Dialyzors Keep Working
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Do you work with home dialyzers who work? Are any of them considering applying for disability? Here’s some information that you (and they) might want to know.
Published on 09/17/2015 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
It’s (Past) Time to Destroy the Dialysis Business Model
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If you arrive at the point where your nephrologist finally acknowledges the elephant and gets out his prescription pad - ask him, “If it were you, what would you do?”
Published on 09/10/2015 by Mel Hodge
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Dialysis: a Duopoly of Solutes and Volume—Not a Solute Monopoly Alone
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It is very exciting to see CMS Clinical Standards and Quality group start to devote some attention to the vital issue of ultrafiltration rate in dialysis and how to optimize care, starting with measuring this critical parameter.
Published on 09/03/2015 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
How Do You Monitor Home Dialysis Experience with Care?
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Would the following questions identify key things patients care about regarding their treatment type, including the services they’re getting from dialysis facilities and supply companies? What else is missing?
Published on 08/27/2015 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better,