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"30 Rock" Kidney Now! by Stacy Without An E .. Patient Expert Thanks to Kelly Talbert (a fellow Dialysis/kidney patient) for posting this video on her Facebook page. I can't think of a better video to post on my Fifth Anniversary of suffering through endless Dialysis. If I ever
Six years of normalcy - Peritoneal Dialysis Part 1 by Kamal S. Patient ExpertHealth Maven March 2006, Chennai, India "We're here to meet Dr. Georgi Abraham." "Doctor has not yet come, sir. Please wait. You're the sixth in the list." "Sixth!", I thought to myself. After he comes, it would be a good one hour atle
Six years of normalcy - Peritoneal Dialysis Part 3 by Kamal S. Patient ExpertHealth Maven Within a few months I had become quite comfortable with PD. The best part was there were no diet and fluid restrictions. I did put on some weight and flab because of all the glucose that was being absorbed by my body from the
Six years of normalcy - Peritoneal Dialysis Part 5 by Kamal S. Patient ExpertHealth Maven At that point it was decided to remove the PD catheter, give the whole area some rest, let the infections be totally cured and then put in a new catheter. I would need to go back for some time on Hemodialysis after all. Dr.
Six years of normalcy - Peritoneal Dialysis Part 4 by Kamal S. Patient ExpertHealth Maven In December 2004, a few friends and I planned a trip to Mahabalipuram in South India at a beach resort. We reached on Christmas night. The next morning, the tsunami struck (you can find a more elaborate account of this here)
Q & A: Peritoneal Dialysis contracting & holiday entitlements by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert Q: I have been asked to contact you regarding concerns over peritoneal dialysis contracting. following discussions of the North West Collaborative Procurement Hub. All the NW renal units work through the Procurement Hub wi
Six years of normalcy - Peritoneal Dialysis Part 2 by Kamal S. Patient ExpertHealth Maven "How much more time is Dr. Georgi going to take?" "We don't know, sir. He said he is on his way." It was back to the waiting area. It was the beginning of summer in Chennai and the waiting area had one humble fan. It was a
Travelling on dialysis by Kamal S. Patient ExpertHealth Maven I have always loved to travel. When I was on Peritoneal Dialysis, I could travel quite comfortably. Baxter has a good network in India and they would deliver the PD fluid wherever I wanted. I made a couple of really enjoyabl
the department of health meeting and peritoneal dialysis by golightly Patient Expert I attended a meeting the other day at the Department of Health (very posh building near the London Eye full of brainy doctory types doing lots of important medical research) about the changes that could be made to the pathway
NICE Guideline on Peritoneal Dialysis by Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert This short clinical guideline is now out for consultation until 18 February. It makes interesting reading and there are some key recommendations including The offer to patients, and their families and carers, should incl

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infection I had on my finger. Dialysate was hanging about 5 minutes after drainage. Drainage was yellow... was >400. What are the chances of the virus mortality in dialysate after approx. 5 minutes? Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. Exposure Viable HIV virus could be found in dialysate. As long...crap

Dialysis nurse with eye splash incident
's blood back to him from the machine and while disconnecting Hansens (ports where dialysate, dialysis... where his blood and the dialysate get together to clean blood. I washed my eye for 10 mins and went to ER... of acid in dialysate to kill viruses. Should I be worried or keep continue to take the meds even...crap

Re: Dialysis nurse with eye splash incident
's blood back to him from the machine and while disconnecting Hansens (ports where dialysate, dialysis... where his blood and the dialysate get together to clean blood. I washed my eye for 10 mins and went to ER... of acid in dialysate to kill viruses. Should I be worried or keep continue to take the meds even...crap

lactic acidosis
with a HCO3 based dialysate sometimes is needed. Involvement of a renal or metalolic/intensivist specialist...crap

Follow up: Dialysis nurse with eye splash incident
(ports where dialysate, dialysis solution, comes in/out of the dialyzer), I felt a splash, a drop... since they were taken off the pt's dialyzer where his blood and the dialysate get together to clean blood. I washed... from a drop in eye is very minimal, and there is a lot of acid in dialysate to kill viruses...crap