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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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Dear Senators,
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While the treatment for end-stage kidney disease (CKD5) is kidney transplantation or dialysis, by the time patients reach CKD5 , the degree of cardiovascular damage is so great that less than ¼ remain medically suitable for transplantation.
Published on 11/20/2014 by Dr. John Agar
Slow FDA Response is Hurting Nocturnal Home HD
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The NxStage System One, Fresenius 2008K@home, and other machines have received FDA-approval for home use—but no machine has yet been approved specifically for nocturnal home HD.
Published on 11/13/2014 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Rethinking AVF Needling Techniques - (Make both “pointy ends” face towards the heart!)
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More than a decade ago, Zyblut Twardowski asked me if I would be prepared to challenge the audience on the myths and legends surrounding needling techniques for native arteriovenous fistulae (AVF).
Published on 11/06/2014 by Dr. John Agar
Be Prepared When You Fly with a Dialysis Machine
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The law is clear that people traveling on an airplane with a portable dialysis device such as a PD cycler or NxStage hemodialysis machine should not encounter any difficulties.
Published on 10/30/2014 by Lana Schmidt
Tags: travel, peritoneal dialysis cycler,
Anemia Management in Home Dialysis—How Well Are We Doing?
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Patients with ESRD have a known risk of developing anemia … and tends to worsen as kidney function declines.
Published on 10/23/2014 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: anemia, home dialysis,