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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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,
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,
Less Hemodialysis is NOT More
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When it comes to replacing continuous function of a vital organ with an intermittent therapy, less is less and more is more.
Published on 09/19/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Embracing Independence with Kidney Disease
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Watch Rachel Cluthe's video about her home HD experience!
Published on 02/01/2024 by Rachel Cluthe
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dialysis Is Life-Saving, but Not Perfect: We Can Do Better
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what it has become, a miracle procedure that saves lives—but at a high cost to the government, insurers, and patients.
Published on 09/21/2023 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,