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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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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,
Back to the Unit - A {Very} Temporary Change
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I average over 30 hours of dialysis each week and often get more than 36 hours; three times the 12 hours typically given in centre here in the UK.
Published on 10/10/2024 by Stephen Hewitt
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests,
The Game-Changing Conversation That Transformed My Dialysis Experience: And How It Could Change Yours, Too
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Discover how one person’s diet changes helped them feel better during and after dialysis
Published on 05/16/2024 by Susan Emeny
Tags: How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests, Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dialysis is Not Your Life
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Your experience on dialysis is all up to you. You must decide to live while on dialysis and not just exist on dialysis. Dialysis is a lifeline. It is not your life.
Published on 05/13/2021 by Fred L. Hill
Tags: How dialysis works, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), What is the best dialysis option for me,
Tell CMS What Home Dialysis Machine Innovation Means to YOU
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I want to focus on just one aspect of the rule, because I think that giving your feedback—the patient’s perspective—to the CMS (Medicare) is vital for the future of home dialysis.
Published on 08/20/2020 by Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS
Tags: Making dialysis better, How dialysis works, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,