Health and Medical Guide to Kidney and Urinary System Disorders Dialysis Health information topics about Dialysis: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Your Kidneys and How They Work National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/index.htm Children 1. Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure in Children National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/childkidneydiseases/treatment_m... 2. What's the Deal with Dialysis? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/things/dialysis.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Dialysis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=hemodialysis+OR+dialysis&recr... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Renal Dialysis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=hemodialysis&recruiting=true Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Kidney Failure Glossary National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/glossary/index.htm Directories 1. Dialysis Facility Compare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/dialysis/home.asp 2. Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organiza National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kuorg/ Disease Management 1. BUN Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/bun/test.html Law and Policy 1. Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Tr Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/esrdCoverage.pdf 2. Medigap Policies for People Under Age 65 with a Di Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/medigap/under65.asp National Institutes of Health 1. Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Hemodialysis National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/hemodialysis/index.htm 2. Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Peritoneal D National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/peritoneal/index.htm Nutrition 1. Eat Right to Feel Right on Hemodialysis National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/eatright/index.htm 2. Nutrition and Peritoneal Dialysis National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/nutri_pd.pdf 3. Nutrition Counter American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/nakphos.htm Organizations 1. Life Options Rehabilitation Program http://www.lifeoptions.org/ 2. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 3. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/ 4. National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/ Overviews 1. Peritoneal Dialysis for Kidney Failure Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00079 2. Dialysis National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=39 3. Hemodialysis National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/hemodialysis.pdf 4. Hemodialysis for Kidney Failure: Machine Filters W Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00078 Related Issues 1. Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/anemia/index.htm 2. What You Should Know about Dialyzer Reuse: A Guide National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/pdf/dialyzer_reuse.pdf 3. Amyloidosis and Kidney Disease National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/amyloidosis/index.htm 4. Financial Help for Treatment of Kidney Failure National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/financialhelp/index.htm 5. Keeping Fit: Why Dialysis Patients Should Exercise American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/RenalifeArt/2003/keepingfit.htm 6. Preparing for Emergencies: A Guide for People on D Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10150.pdf 7. What Do I Need to Do Before Traveling as a Dialysi American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/RenalifeArt/2000/traveling.htm Research 1. Preventing Worsening Kidney Function in Patients R American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/139/2/I-32 Specific Conditions 1. Dialysis Access Society for Vascular Surgery http://www.vascularweb.org/_CONTRIBUTION_PAGES/Patient_Information/NorthPoi... 2. Dialysis: Choosing Not to Start National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=28 3. Dialysis: Deciding to Stop National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=40 4. Hemodialysis Dose and Adequacy National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/hemodialysisdose/ 5. Home Hemodialysis National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=74 6. Know Your Number: Are You Getting Adequate Hemodia Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10924.pdf 7. Peritoneal Dialysis Dose and Adequacy National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/peritonealdose/index.htm 8. Potential Complications of Dialysis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00092 9. Vascular Access for Hemodialysis National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/vascularaccess/index.htm   Urology / Nephrology News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Dudley Improves Renal Patient Management Via Long-term MES Partnership 30 Jul 2010 at 6:00am Russells Hall Hospital, part of The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is benefiting from greater efficiency in renal patient management with the installation of new specialist software. The eMEDRenal application from Mediqal H.I. was installed as part of Dudley's 15-year IT services Managed Equipment Service (MES) agreement with Siemens Healthcare. Siemens Healthcare and Mediqal H... 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