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Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis

Describes when anemia begins, its diagnosis, treatment, and causes other than kidney disease.... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Dialysis Facility Compare

Locate and compare dialysis services available in your area by looking at dialysis facility location, shifts that start or continue after 5 PM, adequacy of hemodialysis, anemia management and patient ... Details >

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Dialysisfinder™  External Link

Dialysis patients can use this free online service to locate dialysis units near where they live, or in places to which they travel. This web site also provides other dialysis related resources, a fre... Details >

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Eat Right to Feel Right on Hemodialysis

Describes the effects that food, fluids, potassium, phosphorous, protein, sodium, and calories have on patients undergoing hemodialysis.... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Financial Help for Kidney Patients  External Link

Also available in: Spanish   External Link

The American Kidney Fund helps more than 70,000 dialysis patients in the United States with health insurance premiums, Medicare Part D expenses, and other treatment-related expenses that insurance wil... Details >

American Kidney Fund  External Link

Hemodialysis Dose and Adequacy

A resource for patients undergoing dialysis. Explains periodic tests and measurements such as the Kt/V and the URR.... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That's Right for You

Also available in: Spanish 

This site offers a thorough description, with illustrations, of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation, and refusal of or withdrawal from treatment.... Details >

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services

Also available in: Spanish 

This booklet discusses the two parts of Medicare, when protection begins and ends, providers of and coverage of maintenance dialysis, self-dialysis, home dialysis, and kidney transplant surgery. Othe... Details >

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Peritoneal Dialysis Dose and Adequacy

Describes the types of peritoneal dialysis, tests to determine efficiency, patient compliance with medical recommendations, and amounts of residual kidney function.... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Hemodialysis

Describes how hemodialysis works, how people prepare for it, and the equipment and tests involved. Also provides information about dietary changes that may be beneficial and conditions secondary to k... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health