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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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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,
ESRD Payment Rule Under Original Medicare for CY 2025
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CMS published the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule on November 1, 2024. The provisions in this document take effect January 1, 2025, so here’s a summary of the main ones.
Published on 12/05/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
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,
ASN Kidney Week 2025 Through a Home Dialysis Lens
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If you missed ASN in San Diego this year, or had other sessions and exhibitors to visit and couldn’t focus your attention on home therapies, this blog’s for you.
Published on 11/14/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Daily Nocturnal Home HDF - 2 Year Update
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Two years hence, it seems I did the right thing. It was, by no means, an easy journey.
Published on 11/07/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Haemodialysis UF Volume and UF Rate are NOT the Same
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While the UF volume has been with us for as long as there has been dialysis, recent interest in the UF rate appears to have introduced some uncertainties about exactly what the difference is.
Published on 10/31/2024 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests,
My Trek into the World of Home dialysis
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Home dialysis vastly improved my life and my health and all it took was just someone telling me that it was an option.
Published on 10/24/2024 by AJ Gorklo
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Comparing Part D Drug Plans for 2025 Is More Important Than Ever
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Each year the U.S. government reminds people with Medicare to review and compare their drug coverage in Medicare Advantage and stand-alone Part D plans
Published on 10/17/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,