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Recent advancements and developments in dialysis are just a click away. See what your peers are researching, learning, and discussing at "In Case You Missed It!" on @AdvDialysis

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Staff-assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD) is feasible in the US with patient care technicians, fits within US regulatory and cost constraints, and can support transitioning and maintaining patients on PD, according to this @PDI_Journal study: https://t.co/E61ZTT0chC

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Barriers in healthcare systems have limited home-dialysis use. This @CKJsocial paper proposes an integrated care model addressing them with strategies to empower patients, educate care teams and make the transition to home dialysis more accessible: https://t.co/kK4uvKvnvj

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Overcoming barriers to home dialysis requires understanding which are most significant. @AJKDonline surveyed patients, care partners and clinicians, and found that diverse strategies are needed to address differing patient and clinician barriers: https://t.co/zkr519tJFc

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Recent advancements and developments in dialysis are just a click away. See what your peers are researching, learning, and discussing at "In Case You Missed It!" on @AdvDialysis

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Could virtual reality (VR) be the future of peritoneal dialysis (PD) training for home dialysis? This assessment from the @jmirpub Medical Education journal investigates HCP opinions toward a novel VR-based educational program from @Fresenius: https://t.co/9eWvGN0f06

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While medical management can be an alternative to dialysis for older adults with kidney failure who aren't referred for transplant, what are the outcomes? This study in the @AnnalsofIM compares the survival and home time of these two approaches: https://t.co/DZaS1Csbp0

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A lot goes into effective home dialysis, including non-medical factors. This study in the @JournalofNeph explores the relationship between coping strategies and health outcomes of patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD): https://t.co/MlBeoXy6FO

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What are some of the most-common barriers to home-based therapies such as peritoneal dialysis? See what issues you share—and where you differ—with your colleagues in Belgium in this study in the @JournalofNeph: https://t.co/V5AybuARWE

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Don't have a lot of experience with Conservative Kidney Management (CKM)? You're not alone. The largest CKM-related survey of US nephrology providers to date found limited experience and a need for enhanced training. Read more in the @ASNKidney360 journal:
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Learn about the potential benefits of, and barriers to, home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis for patients with cardiovascular disease in this article by Drs. Allison Cook Reaves, Dan Wiener and Mark Sarnak in the Clinical Journal of @ASNKidney.
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How safe is home hemodialysis? How does patient training affect this safety? See what a review by Drs. Jaye Platnich and Robert Pauly found and published in the Clinical Journal of @ASNKidney.
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Stay on top of advancements and developments in dialysis with the "In Case You Missed It!" online newsletter from @AdvDialysis . Read top peer-reviewed articles on home hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and more. Check it out today.
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Read now: multiple randomized clinical trials show that intensive hemodialysis can reduce serum phosphorus and phosphate binder use.

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Watch as Dr. Prayus Tailor discusses results he's seen with intensive hemodialysis, including reducing left ventricular hypertrophy, lowering the risk for cardiovascular death, and more.

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// #cardiovascular #hemodialysis #KidneyCare #IntensiveHemodialysis

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See research on factors associated with diminished QOL in PD patients, and strategies to reduce patient and caregiver burden.
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Review data summary: impact of nutritional factors on mineral and bone disease and GI issues in PD patients, and prescription and diet strategies to help manage.

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//#PatientNutrition #HRQOL #Dialysis #PeritonealDialysis #PatientSafety #PatientCare