Home Dialysis Use Surges 52% in a Decade

The newest USRDS Annual Data Report finds that Americans with kidney failure are living longer on dialysis or with transplants than they used to. The rate of new cases of kidney failure is lower. And more people are choosing to do PD or home HD. That’s good news! Read the article.

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• New CMS Reporting Requirement for 2016: Clinical Depression Screening for Dialysis
  02/11 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• What Can We Really Conclude About the FHN Trials and Mortality on Frequent Hemodialysis?
  02/04 – Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS
• From Compliance to Concordance
  01/28 – Henning Sondergaard
• Explaining Haemodiafiltration (HDF)
  01/21 – Dr. John Agar
• Become a Smart Patient and Save Your Own Life - Part 2: Empower Yourself
  01/14 – Mel Hodge

Home Dialysis in the News

• Compact Quanta SC for Home HD Gives Ian Hitchens Wings
• Vietnam Sends Patients Home, and That’s a Good Thing

Pipeline Technology

• Home Dialysis Technology Shown at the ASN
• New Balloon Inflates Hopes for Access Stenosis
• Two-for-One Treatment?
• Fistulas Without Surgery

Living Well with Home Treatments

• A Dream Come True
• Hop On the Bus, Get an HD Treatment

Industry Updates

• Baxter and Toronto’s University Health Network Fund HHD Training
• NxStage Brings Home Dialysis to Memphis
• Home Sweet Home at Satellite!

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• Some PD Patients at Risk for New Onset Diabetes
• Surgery for EPS May Help in the Long Term
• Well Nourished PD Patients Live Longer
• Upper Abdominal PD Exit Site May Reduce Infection
• Patient Attitude and Motivation Matters for Long-term Survival
• Transplant Beat Nocturnal HD for Boosting Cognitive Function
• 6-minute Walk Test Predicts PD Technique and Patient Survival

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