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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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COVID-19 Vaccination and Dialysis
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This virus maximally impacts those with pre-existing conditions and “sleepy” immune systems—like patients with diabetes, CKD, dialysis-dependence, transplants, and other immune-sapping conditions such as autoimmune disease and malignancy.
Published on 09/09/2021 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Home Hemodialysis vs. Transplant: The Elephant in the Room
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Rather than focus on transplant alone as “ the treatment of choice,” why not focus on getting as many people as possible more kidney replacement therapy?
Published on 09/25/2014 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: transplant, dialysis, kidney replacement therapy, quality of life,
The Global Environmental Impact of Dialysis—Go Green for Planet Earth
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No single healthcare individual exerts a greater impact on the environment than does a dialysis patient: recurrently, relentlessly, on an ongoing basis...
Published on 09/10/2014 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: green, environmental impact, dialysis,
Will Starting Dialysis “Fix” Heart Dysfunction?
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“…my eGFR is between 12 and 14%, but my nephrologist feels it is not accurate. I've read that Cystatin C is a better indicator of kidney function, especially in women. Is this so?"
Published on 08/21/2014 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: acute kidney failure, dialysis, chronic kidney disease,
"My Labs are Great! But…”
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At least every week or two, a dialysis consumer on Facebook says, “my labs are great, but…” To me, it appears that what is going on is too great of a focus on the numbers—and not nearly enough on the individuals or the likely causes of their symptoms
Published on 08/14/2014 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute