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Keep up to date on the latest advances in renal science! We have collected numerous cutting-edge home dialysis articles and abstracts from leading scientific and medical journals.
Topics of the month: PD
- Peritoneal Dialysis Q&A (January 2009)
- Hernias and peritoneal dialysis: What you need to know (August 2008)
- Tailoring automated PD (APD) to your life (May 2008)
- The Peritoneal Equilibrium Test (PET) for PD: What, why, and how (January 2008)
- Saying yes to PD: Separating myth from fact (May 2007)
- PD catheter placement: What to expect (August 2006)
- PD as a first therapy (February 2006)
- The "bathtub" (presternal) PD catheter (July 2005)
- PD in a pinch: Low-volume, recumbent-only (LVRO) (May 2005)
Topics of the month: Home Hemodialysis
- If PD fails, think about home HD (March 2010)
- Blood pump speed and your dialysis fistula (March 2008)
- Fluid and solute removal: How and why—part two (December 2007)
- Fluid and solute removal: How and why—part one (November 2007)
- Water treatment for home hemodialysis (August 2007)
- Dialysis needles, self-cannulation, and the Buttonhole technique (May 2006)
- Hemodialysis access: Fistula First (March 2006)
- Hemodialysis: Why more is better (January 2006)
- NIH more-frequent dialysis studies in a nutshell (November 2005)
- Ultrapure dialysate: What, how, and why (September 2005)
- Dialysis needle fear: Easing the sting (August 2005)
- The impact of home hemodialysis on patient quality of life, and how to encourage it: A patient's perspective (June 2005)
Topics of the month: Both PD and Home Hemodialysis
- Your kidney treatment? Your choice! (July 2010)
- Keeping your job when you need dialysis (June 2010)
- Should you become a home dialysis care partner? (May 2010)
- Hitting below the belt: Home dialysis and sexuality (February 2010)
- Arranging your life when dialysis comes home (January 2010)
- Avoiding a pain in the neck: Dialysis-related amyloidosis (December 2009)
- Keep the options open! Key issues for people on dialysis & their loved ones: Proposed ESRD bundle highlights (October 2009)
- 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza: Update – Outlook – Preparedness (September 2009)
- Dialysis and your (health-related) quality of life (August 2009)
- Medicare bundling Q&A (July 2009)
- What to look for in a home dialysis clinic (April 2009)
- What is an ejection fraction, and what does it mean to you? (March 2009)
- Changes to Medicare rules can improve dialysis care (February 2009)
- To sleep, perchance to dream—with home dialysis (December 2008)
- Leaving on a jet plane: Flying with a PD cycler or NxStage System One (October 2008)
- Dialysis, the flu, and you (September 2008)
- Dialysis and dental health: What you need to know (July 2008)
- Medicare 101 for people on home dialysis (October 2007)
- How to protect yourself in the hospital (July 2007)
- Getting on your nerves: Neuropathy and dialysis (June 2007)
- LVH: Heading off a common heart problem (April 2007)
- Anemia, EPO, kidney failure, and you (March 2007)
- How to find a home dialysis center (September 2006)
- Medicare Part D and dialysis (October 2005)
- Conditions for Coverage (April 2005)
- U.S. dialysis: How the system of care works (March 2005)
- How to get started with home dialysis in three easy steps (February 2005)
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