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 Impact of CKD on Cognition: An Inside and Outside View
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So, this blog will be an inside and an outside look at cognitive issues in CKD and dialysis.
Published on 10/11/2018 by Henning Sondergaard
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals
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Single-Handed Touch Cannulation and Chevron Taping for Solo Home HD
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With touch cannulation, the fingers are attached to the tube that runs directly to the needle - surely putting the cannulator more “in touch.”
Published on 10/04/2018 by Ant de Villiers
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals
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Post-sepsis Syndrome from a Survivor
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Well if you thought “sepsis” was gloomy and spoken of only in hushed tones; wait until you read about “post sepsis syndrome”. This will knock your socks off.
Published on 09/27/2018 by Amy Staples
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals
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Sepsis Prevention Tips from a Survivor
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September is Sepsis Awareness month. What a wonderful time to present or renew all the facts we should know to prevent, understand and cope with sepsis and post sepsis issues.
Published on 09/20/2018 by Amy Staples
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals
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Kidney IDEAS: The Future OF Renal Replacement Therapy - Part 2
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An example of a bio-hybrid device is the implantable kidney. This combination of the technological and the biological allows for the elimination of pumps, tubes, dialysis, and immunosuppressive drugs for a permanent solution to renal failure.
Published on 09/13/2018 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better