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Effects
of Thrice Weekly Nocturnal Hemodialysis on Arterial Stiffness - Abstract
from Atherosclerosis - February 2012 |
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An
Economic Assessment Model for in Center, Conventional Home, and More Frequent
Home Hemodialysis - Free full-text article from Kidney International.
- February 2012 |
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AAKP
Conference Call on Jan. 25: Home Hemodialysis: Helping Patients Lead a
Healthier Life! - Registration information from the American Association
of Kidney Patients.
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Regression
of Left Ventricular Mass Following Conversion from Conventional Hemodialysis
to Thrice Weekly in-Center Nocturnal Hemodialysis - Provisional abstract
and full-text article (25-page
PDF) from BMC Nephrology. - January 19, 2012
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The
Drum Beats of a New Dialysis Randomized Trial are Growing - Posting
by Dr. Peter Laird from HemoDoc. - January 18, 2012
Editor's note: Until psycho-social factors are considered,
any new RCT is likely to suffer from many of the same unacknowledged design
flaws and confounding variables as previous studies.
Many patients are reluctant to agree to more dialysis time because it
means spending more time away from their normal activities of daily living,
as well as spending more time in an environment where they have little
control — which is also often unpleasant, noisy, boring, and sometimes
hostile ("life-sucking" says one).
If we had time to do all the studies, we would likely find that the best
renal replacement therapy is a wholistic approach: individualized daily
hemodialysis, for at least six hours, is portable and convenient, can
be combined with restorative sleep, minimizes recovery time, minimizes
disruptions in patients' lives, maintains the patients' careers and lifestyles,
and includes substantial psycho-social support programs and structures.
With accompanying technological developments that provides this kind of
treatment (which we should have seen!), the overall societal costs of
CKD5 would be lower and the benefits would be far greater than those seen
today. We can do so much better — starting right now.
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Was
the FHN a Waste of Research Effort and Expense? - Posting by Dr. Peter
Laird from HemoDoc. - January 10, 2012
Editor's note: Dr. Laird points out a recent
article from Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension whose
summary could be adopted by the LDOs as the next big "advance"
in patient care. (Instead of more dialysis, more diet and fluid restrictions...
and their pharmaceuticals?)
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NxStage,
Bringing Dialysis Home - Thank You - Posting by Peter Laird, MD from
HemoDoc. - January 4, 2012
"The testimony of so many patients is that NxStage gave them their
life back. I second that testimony and only wish to say, thank you."
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Has
Anybody Here, Seen My Old Friend Allient? Can You Tell Me Where He's Gone?
- Posting by Peter Laird, MD from HemoDoc.- January 1, 2012
Editor's note: The dialysis industry is NOT producing
the technology that will improve patients' HRQOL. They are producing machines
that are most profitable for the corporate operations of the large dialysis
providers.
Forty years after the start of the federal dialysis program, dialysis
machines should be much smaller and far easier to use than the large machines
being produced for today's in-center dialysis facilities. We simply have
the wrong goals for patients and the wrong financial incentives for corporations.
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Medicare
to Tackle Chronic Illnesses with Home Care - Article from Healthcare
IT News. - December 30, 2011
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In
UK, Mobile Dialysis Patient Monitoring Trialled - Article from Healthcare
Today. - December 20, 2011
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New
Affordable Care Act Demonstration To Provide Care at Home for Medicare
- December 20, 2011
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At
Home or on the Go, Dialysis Is an Option for Jim Smith - December
16, 2011
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Patient
Advocacy Group, Home Dialyzors United, Sends Comments to the Ways &
Means Social Security Subcommittee on Disability Insurance - Posting
from NxStageUsers Group blog. - December 15, 2011
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Will
Home Hemodialysis Ever Prosper in the United States? - Blog posting
from eAJDK. - December 15, 2011
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UK
Dialysis Patient Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Girl after Daily Dialysis
- Article from Liverpool Echo. - December 10, 2011
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