Why Not Home Dialysis? - Christopher T. Chan, Charmaine E. Lok
Link to full text editorial. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease - 16:3:158-159 - May 2009
Great advances have been made since the first publication on the use of the peritoneal cavity in experimental uremia by Ganter in 19232 and the first home hemodialysis machine, which was made in only 3 months by the clinical team of Dr Scribner and engineering team of Dr Albert Babb.3 As the evolution of dialysis technology and practice pattern continues, the niche of home dialysis will likely become more dominant. Ultimately, the various stakeholders of dialysis care will decide on the appropriate incentives and allocation of home dialysis as a viable and competitive form of renal replacement therapy.
Nephrology Nursing 1915-1970: A Historical Study of the Integration of Technology and Care - Nancy Hoffart
Link to full text article. (pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat reader) Nephrology Nursing Journal - 36:2:181 - March/April 2009
Findings of this study of the role and functions of nurses working with renal dialysis
and transplant teams between 1915 and 1970 suggest that many of the activities of dialysis
and transplant nurses were assistive and technical in nature. However, further
analysis of the characteristics of direct nursing care demonstrates that early nephrology
nurses incorporated family support, interpersonal communication, and patient teaching
as essential components in order to assist patients and their families in coping with
the stresses of receiving these new experimental treatments.
Nanobiotechnology for the Prevention of Dialysis-related Amyloidosis - Dimosthenis Stamopoulos, Penelope Bouziotis, Dimitra Benaki, Panagiotis N Zirogiannis, Kostantinos Kotsovassilis, Vassiliki Belessi, Vassilis Dalamagas, Kostantinos Papadopoulos
Link to full text article. Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis - 13:1:34-41 - February 2009
MAHD may become an efficient modality for the prevention of dialysis-related amyloidosis because β2-m concentrations ranging from mild to severe conditions can be adequately handled.
Unexpected cyanosis in a haemodialysis patient—did someone add hydrogen peroxide to the dialysis water? - Nicholas Newbigging, Willis Peel, Ewan Bell and Christopher Isles
Link to abstract. NDT Plus - 2:2:158-160 - April 2009
We wish to report the cases of four patients who became unwell during dialysis and were found to have methaemoglobinaemia following inadvertent exposure to hydrogen peroxide that had been used to decontaminate the hospital's main water tank. We believe that this is only the second such report of its kind and that patients dialyzing in renal units that still rely on mains water for dialysis remain at risk.
Wet or Dry in Dialysis—Can New Technologies Help? - Jeroen P. Kooman, Frank M. van der Sande, and Karel M. L. Leunissen
Link to abstract. Seminars In Dialysis - 22:1:9-12 - January/February 2009
Summarizing technological tools may certainly aid the clinician in the assessment of fluid state, but should always be interpreted in the clinical context of the patient. Controlled studies are needed to definitively establish the role of technological tools in detecting dry weight.
A method for monitoring vascular access function during hemodialysis - Andrea Ciandrini, Carlo A Lodi, Raffaele Galato, Maria C Miscia, Maria S Fattori and Silvio Cavalcanti
Link to abstract. Kidney International - 75:5:550-557 - March 2009
Our results show that QInv provides an indication of the maximal blood pump flow rate needed to be reached to maximize blood flow supply in order to limit hemodynamic stress on the vascular access.
