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Kidney Diet Tips
April 13th, 2021· By Sarah Alsing, MS, RD, CSR

New Research on Dietary Potassium

Most people on dialysis are told to restrict their dietary potassium intake to prevent hyperkalemia, an elevated potassium level in the blood. Hyperkalemia can lead…

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Kidney Diet Tips
April 6th, 2021· By Sara Colman, RD, CDE

Today’s Kidney Diet Easy Quick-Fix Recipes

We all have occasions when a quick meal or snack is needed. Perhaps it’s a lack of time, or not enough energy to make a…

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Kidney Diet Tips
March 30th, 2021· By Kidney Diet & Health Tips Team

How Can a Renal Dietitian Help You?

If you’re new to kidney disease—and even if you’re not—you may not know the value a renal dietitian brings to the table in helping you…

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Kidney Diet Tips
March 18th, 2021· By Kellsey Reed RDN, LDN

Adding Flavor to Foods

Flavor: More than Salt There are so many great ways to add flavor to food: sauces, seasonings, marinades and herbs. Another common way to flavor…

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DaVita® Medical Insights
January 14th, 2021· By Managing Editor

Study: Use of Predictive Analytics to Inform Integrated Care Programs to Reduce Hospitalizations among Hemodialysis Patients

Integrated care for dialysis patients could benefit from identification of those who are at high risk for poor outcomes in order to efficiently deploy clinical…

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DaVita® Medical Insights
January 7th, 2021· By Managing Editor

Study: Blood Pressure Telemonitoring in a Large US Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Population

Home remote monitoring (HRM) is a telehealth strategy that utilizes cellular technology to transmit patients’ biometric data collected at home to the electronic health record…

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DaVita® Medical Insights
December 30th, 2020· By Managing Editor

DMI Podcasts: 2020 Year in Review

While the kidney community and the world at large faced the COVID-19 pandemic, DaVita Medical Insights (DMI) continued to publish a number of informative podcasts,…

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DaVita® Medical Insights
February 11th, 2021 · By Managing Editor

Study: Strategies to Prevent Infection-Related Losses in US Peritoneal Dialysis Programs by More Actionable Predictive Data Reporting

Peritoneal dialysis (PD)–associated peritonitis (PTN) accounts for a significant percentage of patients who transition to hemodialysis due to infection-related technique failure. Data reporting to individual…

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integrated care
January 14th, 2021 · By Managing Editor

Study: Use of Predictive Analytics to Inform Integrated Care Programs to Reduce Hospitalizations among Hemodialysis Patients

Integrated care for dialysis patients could benefit from identification of those who are at high risk for poor outcomes in order to efficiently deploy clinical…

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Kidney Diet Tips
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April 13th, 2021 · By Sarah Alsing, MS, RD, CSR

New Research on Dietary Potassium

Most people on dialysis are told to restrict their dietary potassium intake to prevent hyperkalemia, an elevated potassium level in the blood. Hyperkalemia can lead…

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Kidney Diet Tips
April 6th, 2021 · By Sara Colman, RD, CDE

Today’s Kidney Diet Easy Quick-Fix Recipes

We all have occasions when a quick meal or snack is needed. Perhaps it’s a lack of time, or not enough energy to make a…

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Kidney Diet Tips
July 9th, 2010 · By Sara Colman, RD, CDE

Best cereal choices for the kidney diet

Today I received a question about the best cereals for a person in stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) to eat. Instead of sending my…

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Kidney Diet Tips
June 24th, 2014 · By Sara Colman, RD, CDE

Hemodialysis and fluid intake: How much to drink?

People on in-center hemodialysis usually have dialysis treatments three times a week. The amount of fluid they can have is limited since the kidneys lose…

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DaVita® Medical Insights
March 21st, 2017 · By Andrea Curtis, LCSW

Recognizing Social Workers on World Social Work Day

Dialysis patients and their families are often unaware of the breadth of support and resources available to them. These include transportation options, support groups, educational…

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DaVita® Medical Insights
February 23rd, 2017 · By Robert Provenzano, MD, FACP, FASN

Acute Kidney Injury Patients Now Receiving Dialysis in an Outpatient Setting

This January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave dialysis centers the ability to provide dialysis services to acute kidney injury (AKI) patients….

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