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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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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,
Safety First! How to Prevent Dangerous Home Hemodialysis Errors
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critics seem to be quick to point out all of the “what-if’s” in play, and I personally feel safety concerns should always be addressed.
Published on 05/25/2023 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
My Home Haemo Routines (I’m a Creature of Habit)
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I do home haemodialysis, every other day, overnight (nocturnal) for between 8 & 9 hours, and that is the key routine that everything else serves.
Published on 05/04/2023 by Stephen Hewitt
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Don’t Flog the Fistulas: Slow Hemodialysis Blood Flow!
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The use of excessively high blood flow rates during dialysis-flow rates of upwards of 350 ml/minute-appears to be a US-only phenomenon.
Published on 03/30/2023 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: How dialysis works, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
PD and Protecting Myself in the Hospital
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But, the biggest obstacle was getting the doctors to accept that their cyclers weren’t functioning properly.
Published on 02/23/2023 by Susan Smith
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,