March 31, 2008
By ladams posted in Abstracts, Home hemodialysis with
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A 2007 study shows that “compared with the rope-ladder technique, the buttonhole method offers the advantage of an easier cannulation procedure with less bad sticks.” Thirty-eight patients with native arteriovenous fistulas were observed over an 18-month period. The research team monitored a number of things including cannulating ease, pain, bleeding and number of bad sticks.
Read the full abstract or visit www.davita.com/home/physicians for more information about home dialysis.
March 18, 2008
By ladams posted in Home hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis with
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Some of you may have noticed that DaVita’s home dialysis physician website got a make-over. That’s because all of DaVita’s home dialysis services are now part of DaVita.com. The new and improved DaVita.com/Home/Physicians has everything you need to learn more about home dialysis and DaVita.
Visit DaVita.com/Home/Physicians for:
Research
Information on treatment modalities
Criteria for screening your patients
Answers to frequently asked questions
And more!
Visit DaVita.com/Home/Physicians today.
March 7, 2008
By ladams posted in Abstracts, Home hemodialysis with
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A 2007 comparison of home hemodialysis and in-center hemodialysis shows that home dialysis is “a viable dialysis option for end-stage renal disease patients capable of self/partner-administered dialysis.”
The study was conducted using 32 dialysis patients at 6 different U.S. centers over an 18-week period.
Read the full abstract or visit www.davita.com/home/physicians for more information on home dialysis.
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