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.
Touch Cannulation: The Genius of Stuart Mott
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I suspect that if the Touch Cannulation method were applied widely, the disparity between different cannulators may disappear
Published on 02/02/2023 by Peter Laird, MD
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Home Dialysis in the 2022 United States Renal Data System Annual Data report
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This blog will report some key things you might be interested in knowing about home dialysis in the U.S. as of 2020.
Published on 01/26/2023 by Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Tune Into Me please
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When I meet a new healthcare provider, I put them in one of two categories.
Published on 01/19/2023 by Lori Hartwell
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, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
“I Never Acquired the Art of Losing” - My Ongoing Struggle with Kidney Failure
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“hope springs eternal.” We can do this, I am certain we can.
Published on 01/12/2023 by Jay R. Schuster PhD
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, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
KDQOL-36: The What, How, and Why for Home Dialysis Patients
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The survey can be especially important to use with home dialysis patients who, with their families, have quite a responsibility with all that needs to be managed for home dialysis.
Published on 01/05/2023 by Dodie M. Stein, LCSW
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,