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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The Dialysis Waterfall (Forget Urea: It’s Fluid That Kills)
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Far too much emphasis has been placed on an arbitrary and flawed concept—Kt/Vurea—to the detriment of all else.
Published on 12/17/2013 by Dr. John Agar
R.E.S.P.E.C.T
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Recently, a nurse had an exchange with our members that still has me shaking my head, due to her out-and-out rudeness and refusal to acknowledge that she might not know everything, and dialysis consumers have expertise of their own.
Published on 12/06/2013 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: discussion, patient, nurse, respect,
Happy Thanksgiving
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I think of things I'm thankful for - family, friends, and a job I love helping people I care about. Not surprisingly, dialysis patients and their home dialysis care partners are thankful for some of the same things.
Published on 11/27/2014 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
That Darned Chocolate in Candy Crush Saga!
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One challenge we often face as a non-profit developing evidence-based education to help people with kidney disease is awareness.
Published on 11/21/2013 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: information, education, awareness,
How can we tell if we are delivering good dialysis?
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When it comes to assessing what is 'good dialysis', what should we take cognizance of?
Published on 11/14/2013 by Dr. John Agar