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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.
Fistula: Miracle and Thief
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“Lifeline” is the popular term for the surgically modified blood vessel we call a fistula. The regular veins responsible for returning blood to our hearts are too thin-walled and delicate to withstand repeated needling or the speed of blood flow required
Published on 06/11/2020 by Ant de Villiers
Tags: How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better,
Getting the Most Out of Telehealth for Home Dialysis Patient
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The current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is forcing unprecedented changes in daily life. Many vulnerable patients such as dialyzors and transplants are under lockdow.
Published on 06/04/2020 by Dawn P Edwards and Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
Two for the Road: Seeing the World, Living with a Chronic Illness
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Henning and I have been avid travelers most of our lives. Living on modest incomes, we prioritized travel over other life amenities, and often used air reward mileage and job perks to pay for parts of our trips, especially those overseas
Published on 05/28/2020 by Henning Sondergaard and David Rosenbloom
Tags: Making dialysis better, travel,
Dialysis Social Work During a Pandemic: Caring for Patients Safely
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How much do you know about your social worker's education, training, and mandated responsibilities? This blog is intended help dialysis clinic staff and managers know how your social worker.
Published on 05/21/2020 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better,
A Video Guide to Hemodiafiltration at Home with the Fresenius 5008 Machine
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At age 42 I was diagnosed with end stage renal disease due to IgA nephropathy. To say it came as a shock is an understatement. I was a single parent to a 9 year old and had only just moved house.
Published on 05/14/2020 by Helen Jennings
Tags: How dialysis works,
A Nephrologist’s Perspective on Twelve Important Things for Dialysis Patients to Consider During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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It is understandable to feel scared, anxious and even depressed during this time. It is important to maintain your health and decrease risk of exposure to infection
Published on 05/07/2020 by Dr. Michael Kraus
Tags: How dialysis works, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
View from the Bed: How to Cope with PD Cycler Pain
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A few months ago, I wrote a post about improving PD retention. Having seen many Facebook threads over the years across various groups, this time, I thought
Published on 04/30/2020 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
How Home Dialysis Providers Can Help Staff Deal with COVID-19
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Healthcare professionals—including the nurses, dietitians and social workers who support home dialysis patients must stay at the top of their game during a highly stressful time
Published on 04/23/2020 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: How dialysis works, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
Does Fluid Intake During Dialysis “Count” as Fluid Weight Gain?
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Do you include rinse-back and an on-dialysis drink in working out the amount of fluid to take off? Let's say I gained 1 litre and thus have 1 litre to remove to reach target weight.
Published on 04/16/2020 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Traveling the U.S. with an RV and Home Hemodialysis
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My name is Terry Clark, and I have Polycystic kidney disease. When my kidneys first failed, I started peritoneal dialysis at home, and during this time my husband and I purchased a motorhome—a used Newmar Dutchstar.
Published on 04/09/2020 by Terry Clark
Tags: Making dialysis better, travel,