Category Archives: Clinical Care
2 Weight-Based Heparin Protocols
While there is a paucity of clinical literature describing specific anticoagulation protocols used in hemodialysis, it is generally accepted that maintaining the integrity of the…
Continue Reading »Podcast: Reducing Hospitalizations through Individualized Care Plans
Physicians strive to tailor care to meet the individual needs of their patients—to keep patients healthy and out of the hospital and ultimately help improve…
Continue Reading »6 Interventions that Helped Eliminate Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections in a Hospital Setting
Central venous catheters (CVCs) cause approximately 250,000 central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) annually in hospitals in the United States; this can contribute to 62,000…
Continue Reading »Podcast: Heparin Anticoagulation for Hemodialysis Patients
Clinical practice guidelines for chronic hemodialysis recommend heparin anticoagulation for the majority of hemodialysis patients. Listen to this podcast, in which George Aronoff, MD, discusses…
Continue Reading »Story: Continuing Dialysis with a Limited Water Supply after Hurricane Harvey
How can kidney patients continue dialysis when a natural disaster renders a city without running water? This question arose abruptly in August when Hurricane Harvey…
Continue Reading »Podcast: Patient-Centered Care for Dialysis Patients
In the dialysis industry, patients frequently perceive that they are all receiving the same “cookie-cutter care.” It is important for health care professionals to address…
Continue Reading »Want to be a Better Clinician? Learn from a Nephrology Nurse
Nephrology specialists and dialysis organizations are continuously searching for the best possible ways to safely and effectively care for patients with renal issues. One of…
Continue Reading »Story: How Integrated Kidney Care Benefited a Patient
[Photo from left to right: Nurse Regina Poskus, Nurse Practitioner Debbie Abbonizio, Francis Hogan] Less than 10 percent of dialysis patients on Medicare have access to…
Continue Reading »Home as the First Site of Care for Managing End Stage Renal Disease
Over the past decade, several countries around the world have embraced a home-first approach to managing kidney failure—in other words, they are positioning the patient’s…
Continue Reading »Personalized Nutritional Therapy: How It Can Help Your Patients
Approximately 14 percent of American adults are impacted by the daily complications and burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD). While a kidney-specific diet can help…
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