Join the “Dialysis at Home Kidney Community Event” Thursday, Sept. 14

Offered by the American Kidney Fund and Home Dialyzors United, this free, virtual meeting runs from 11am-5pm with multiple home patients and speakers, including Dori Schatell, MS, and Jenn Ravert, RN from MEI. Register here: https://hopin.com/events/dialysis-at-home-2023/registration.

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• A good oral hygiene routine for Dialysis Patients
  09/07 – Kamal Shah
• Improving Dialysis Patient Care: MEI Comments on the ESRD Proposed Rule
  08/31 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• A Rabbi's Take on the World of Kidney Failure
  08/24 – Rabbi Judith Weintraub
• Light Sabers and Bumble Bees
  08/17 – Fabio’s Mom
• PART 2 - “The Flip”—Helping Patients Switch from PD to HHD: Making the Most of the Lull
  08/10 – Jennifer Ravert, RN

Pipeline Technology

• Light Line Medical Catheter Photodisinfection with Visible Light

Home Dialysis in the News

• Fresenius’ NxStage Versi®HD with Guide Me Software is FDA Approved
• DaVita Patients Learn to Use PD or Home HD Machines
• Home Dialysis Toolkit from the Forum of ESRD Networks Medical Advisory Council

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Maddie Warren Started Dialysis at 14—25 Years Ago
• Meet Frank and Learn Which Treatments He Used for Kidney Failure

Industry Updates

• Baxter’s Accredited PD Excellence Academy

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• Protect Kidney Patients’ Access to Life-Saving Medications

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Intraperitoneal Pressure and Hernias
• Incremental PD and Patient Outcomes: Registry Data
• Incremental PD and Quality of Life
• Early Survival Advantage for Incremental PD
• Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII) and Mortality on PD
• Hypocrisy in Healthcare—Professional vs. Patient ESRD Modality Choices
• Outcomes with PD to HHD Compared to Direct HHD

Featured Link: Find a Home Dialysis Clinic

Are you thinking about PD or home HD and not sure where to find a clinic near you? Look no further! Our database includes updated information from the large dialysis organizations. Search by zip code or city name. https://homedialysis.org/clinics/search.