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…
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Addressing the Effects of Drug Diversion in Health Care
Drug diversion (the transfer of a controlled substance from a lawful to an unlawful channel of distribution or use”—Uniform Drug Diversion Act of 1994) is…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Addressing ESRD Complexities with Integrated Care
End stage renal disease (ESRD) represents a population health conundrum. It affects a relatively small part of the U.S. population, yet the rate of ESRD…
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Managing Depression in Dialysis Patients
Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began to require semiannual depression screenings. Several questions were raised among my nephrologist colleagues. How…
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Recovery Nutrition for Preventing Hospital Readmissions for Dialysis Patients
Approximately 35 percent of hospitalized dialysis patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge—which is higher than the estimated 17 to 18…
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