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Tag Archives: patient care
Dialysis and Kidney Talk
The Renal Support Network has a great resource called, “Kidney Talk”. From their website… KidneyTalk is an online bi-weekly, half-hour radio talk show featuring RSN Founder & President Lori Hartwell. All shows (over 200 of them!) are available 24hrs … Continue reading
Dialysis – Great resources for information
Update 9/18/14: Sorry I haven’t updated this in a while. However, I wanted you to know about the Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) Education Center website. Lots of great information. And use the search button on this website. I’ve probably written … Continue reading
Posted in cramping, cramps, dialysis, dry weight, ESRD, fluid control, New Patient, patient care
Tagged dialysis, education, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient, patient care, treatment
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Dialysis and Living Well with Kidney Disease
The National Kidney Foundation has produced six very good videos about living with kidney disease. I’ll let them speak for themselves. You know… I would encourage my family and friends to view these videos. It would help them understand … Continue reading
Posted in CKD, dialysis, ESRD, fluid control, kidney, National Kidney Foundation. NKF, New Patient, pain, patient care, phosphorus, potassium
Tagged CKD, dialysis, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient, patient care, treatment
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Dialysis and When to Begin
Update 9/16/14: When you are done reading this, please check out the comments at the bottom of this post. They are excellent. I found this fascinating question and answer in “Ask the Doctor” My dad has stage 5 kidney disease. … Continue reading
Posted in Access, AKF, Catheter, CKD, dialysis, ESRD, kidney, National Kidney Foundation. NKF, New Patient
Tagged CKD, dialysis, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient, patient care, treatment
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Dialysis and Rationing
I originally published this post in January, 2013 but I had occasion to review it recently and decided to re-publish it. There’s a great article in the Seattle Times that covers the history of dialysis. The title is: “The … Continue reading
Posted in dialysis, Medicare, Obamacare, patient care, Patient-Centered Care, Transplant
Tagged dialysis, education, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient, patient care, patient-centered care, treatment
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Dialysis and Your Access
Here’s a GREAT brochure from AAKP (The American Association of Kidney Patients) about your dialysis access, the varieties, the pluses and minuses of each, etc. It’s one of those “everything you wanted to know” types of publications. I’m so thankful … Continue reading
Posted in A/V Fistula, A/V Graft, AAKP, Access, dialysis, dialysis equipment, ESRD, Home dialysis, New Patient
Tagged dialysis, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient, patient care, treatment
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Dialysis and Self-cannulation
I got this wonderful couple of questions recently in a comment on the blog. Rather than answer them there, I will create this blog post so everyone can read it. Here are the questions: I am about to start the needles in the … Continue reading
Posted in Catheter, CKD, dialysis, Dialysis Center, ESRD, lidocaine, New Patient, ointment, prilocaine, Self-Cannulation
Tagged dialysis, ESRD, hemodialysis, kidney, patient care, Self-cannulation
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Kidney Donor Funding
I came across this and figured it would be helpful for those having potential live donors. This fund will pay up to $6,000 for travel and lodging expenses. If you know of someone donating a kidney, please pass this along. … Continue reading
Posted in kidney, kidney donation, thankful, Transplant, travel
Tagged ESRD, kidney, patient care, social work, success
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Something Different Than Just Dialysis
I found this article, titled “Making a Diagnosis is Less Important than Asking these 2 Questions” by Dr. Frank Lipman and wanted to pass it along. He makes the point that “Even though you may have been given a diagnosis, always … Continue reading
Posted in activism, CKD, dialysis, ESRD, kidney, patient care, Patient-Centered Care, thoughts
Tagged CKD, dialysis, education, ESRD, kidney, patient care, patient-centered care, treatment
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