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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Successful Advocacy for Care Partner Cannulation in a Hospital Stay
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I stated the importance of having one person cannulate to ensure the health of his fistula.
Published on 09/14/2023 by Dawn Smith Bates
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
A good oral hygiene routine for Dialysis Patients
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Dialysis patients are at an increased risk of dental problems. Often, dental problems are neglected unless they become severe.
Published on 09/07/2023 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Improving Dialysis Patient Care: MEI Comments on the ESRD Proposed Rule
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The rule proposed to update the amount Traditional Medicare pays for dialysis for patients with kidney failure and acute kidney injury
Published on 08/31/2023 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
A Rabbi's Take on the World of Kidney Failure
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I have been doing dialysis for 48 years. Yes, you read correctly. I am the recipient of a miracle known as Dialysis.
Published on 08/24/2023 by Rabbi Judith Weintraub
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Light Sabers and Bumble Bees
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I do believe that as a result of having a kidney disease, I should get a Get Out of Jail free card for other diagnoses.
Published on 08/17/2023 by Fabio’s Mom
Tags: Making dialysis better,
PART 2 - “The Flip”—Helping Patients Switch from PD to HHD: Making the Most of the Lull
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It’s the little things that help build trust—like being friendly.
Published on 08/10/2023 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Local Anesthetic for Hemodialysis Needles in Short Supply: Where’s the EMLA?
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We’ve been picking up signals like the one above on social media for several months that there are nationwide shortages of EMLA
Published on 08/03/2023 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
Why Shared Care was Important to Me
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This is my renal story and shared care is an important part of it—in fact, it might be the central part, the keystone that supports the arc of my story.
Published on 07/27/2023 by Stephen Hewitt
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Impact of weekday on blood test results
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The more continuous dialysis you get, the more Beta-2m is removed from the body and the lower the level would go. But unfortunately, many of us don't keep that in mind.
Published on 07/20/2023 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Why Do Doctors Hate Bathtubs?
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I have had kidney disease since I was 21 years old, and at every stage of my illness, some doctor has explained why I could not take bubble baths.
Published on 07/13/2023 by Fabio’s Mom
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,