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.
Cruising with Home Dialysis—Tips from a Platinum Cruiser
(24 comments)
While it takes a little extra pre-planning, the whole goal of doing home dialysis is to be able to continue a normal life.
Published on 03/30/2017 by Jennifer Pritchett
Tags: Making dialysis better,
During National Kidney Month: A Plea for Data
(3 comments)
These are just SOME of the data points we need, and there are certainly more. Please suggest them in the comments! We cannot get what we don’t ask for.
Published on 03/02/2017 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
How Does My Diet Affect My Treatment?
(2 comments)
The ability and the inclination to track my nutrition gave me my life back.
Published on 02/09/2017 by Susan Emeny
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Hemodialysis eGFR Equivalence: Why More—and More Often—Matters
(18 comments)
We can do better. We know we can. We have the ability. We have the tools. We have the practices.
Published on 02/02/2017 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Home Dialyzors’ Thoughts About Involuntary Discharge
(15 comments)
According to home dialyzors, the very skill set we want to develop—treatment knowledge and self-advocacy—resulted in retaliation and concerns about involuntary discharge.
Published on 01/19/2017 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,