Category Archives: Clinical Care
In-Center Nocturnal Hemodialysis, Part I: Clinical Benefits
In-center nocturnal hemodialysis (INHD) is a hybrid in-center modality administered at a dialysis facility at night for six to eight hours, typically beginning between 5…
Continue Reading »Podcast: Collaboration Between Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Teams
Dialysis and transplant teams face challenges that may affect patients on their transplant journey or their abilities to get on waitlists. Listen to this podcast,…
Continue Reading »The Importance of Consistent Transplant Education among ESRD Patients
Educators of a dialysis education program include kidney transplantation when teaching patients about treatment options for end stage renal disease (ESRD), but if the educator…
Continue Reading »Four Best Practices for Kidney Transplant Care Coordination
When patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) are eligible for and interested in kidney transplantation, dialysis clinics can employ industry best practices to more…
Continue Reading »Quality Of Life: Decisions That Affect Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
When patients are faced with the decision to choose a dialysis modality, many questions may come to their mind. As physicians, we always focus on…
Continue Reading »Tips to Help Reduce and Manage Influenza-Related Hospitalizations in Dialysis Patients
Along with the general population, hospital admissions among dialysis patients tend to fluctuate with the seasons. Winter months are historically associated with a spike in…
Continue Reading »Addressing 3 Common Barriers to a Kidney Transplant
For most patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD), a kidney transplant can offer the best possible long-term treatment option. Transplanted patients typically have better…
Continue Reading »Personalized Dialysis: Selecting the Right Treatment from the Start
Over the past decade, several countries around the world have embraced home dialysis as a preferred initial therapy for managing kidney failure in clinically appropriate patients…
Continue Reading »Promoting Wound Healing in Dialysis Patients through Nutrition
A growing focus on reducing hospital readmissions and improving transitions of care models has prompted dialysis professionals to further examine prevention strategies related to many…
Continue Reading »Alternative Practices to Simultaneously Placing a Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter and Arteriovenous Fistula
Nephrologists often recommend concurrently placing an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with a peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) in patients who are starting dialysis therapy on peritoneal dialysis…
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