Fistulagram - What is involved in this procedure Can anyone explain how a fistulagram is done? How long does it take and does it hurt? What exactly is done in the procedure? Do they inject die into your fistual? Is it safe to do this? Is it recommended to get a fistulagram if you are having no signs of problems or do they do them as a routine maintenance to see how your fistual is working> Has anyone experienced any problems after this
Extensive travel in mexico - Home Dialysis Central I am new to PD and I would like to travel in Mexico to small towns and villiages The closest I will be to a town with a Dialysis center is about 3 hours driving time My question is can I get the Dialneal fluid in towns like Pourta Vallarta on the west coast or Canaun or Marida om the east coast? I am on medicare Will Baxter ship to me in Mexico? Do I need a Physician in Mexico? My stays
[EarthQuakes] What to do - HD For Patients - Home Dialysis Central Recently, there has been an earthquake off the coast of California… 7 0 scale and quite big… For those of us on home dialysis you may have had thoughts of what would I do, especially those of us who live on the coast of California…or even those who live around the world where earthquakes are common…
Need second machine - Beth Witten, Social Worker - Home Dialysis Central My husband is a recent Fresenius home dialysis patient He works at a university three hours away, and carrying the heavy travel suitcase down a flight of stairs is dangerous and scary Frenesius so far denies us another machine Where might we rent one for 9 months?
Tablo, Solo Home Hemodialysis, FDA approval for or Clinical Trial Is Tablo FDA approved for Solo Home HemoDialysis or have a Solo Home HemoDialysis Clinical Trial underway? I was trained and approved for Home HemoDialysis on the NxStage machine, and have done 3 years of Solo on NxStag hellip;
Feverish after dialysis with burning sensation and bodyache She is experiencing feverish but no fever after each Dialysis session (twice a week dialysis), fesverish burning sensation in the whole body is accompanied by bodyache and weakness For the weakness part , Nephrologist has added 250 amino acid solution in last hour of dialysis along with multivitamin injection in Normal saline solution in last 15-20min duration of dialysis
How did you learn to put in your own needles? Hi y’all, We know that learning to put in your own needles is one of the barriers for doing home hemo Some clinics get around this by using catheters, but most prefer to use a fistula if possible, or a graft – How did YOU learn? – How hard is it to do one-handed? How about with your non-dominant hand? – How did you get over whatever fears you had about it? – Have any of you seen a
Arterial Pressures Rising - Stuart Mott, Cannulation Expert - Home . . . It seems like whenever I’ve had a fistulagram to fix a stenosis in the venous area, I have problems afterwards with arterial pressures The problems I was having with venous pressures have disappeared, but now I have arterial pressure issues In other words, when the venous pressures are down the arterial pressures are up I had the vascular surgeon recheck the arterial area of my fistula
Blood backflow into saline bag when rinsing blood back Yesterday, I had a fistulagram (my first one, after 2-1 2 years using my fistula) It appears the reason I can’t rinse back the arterial blood line via gravity only is because I have a fairly severe stenosis a little above the area where my needles go in (on my upper arm fistula) This is exactly what my training nurse thought in the first place
How Dialysis Patients Should Be Treated Furthermore, amenities should not cost patients, Kalina believes, and that’s why Dialyspa doesn’t charge any additional costs to cover its patient perks The team said that its electronic medical records system decreases overall costs, and that implementation of a document management system lowers audit costs for employee files, doctors’ credentialing and patients’ charts