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Dialysis

Patient and Family Resources

Apheresis

A Patient’s Guide on How Sickle Cell Disease is Managed with Red Blood Cell Exchange – (Therumobct)
A Patient’s Guide to Plasma Exchange – (Therumobct)
What is Therakos Photopheresis? Website – includes a treatment video and drug information (Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals)

Hemodialysis (HD) resources

Dialysis Access Care – Dos And Don’ts for AV Fistulas and Grafts (PDF) (Spanish)
Hemodialysis Catheter Care (PDF) (Spanish)
Hemodialysis Education Calendar (PDF) (Spanish)
Hemodialysis – New Patient Checklist (PDF) (Spanish)
How to Change a Dressing for a Hemodialysis Catheter (Video)
How to Disconnect From the Dialysis Machine in an Emergency: For Catheters (PDF) (Spanish)
How to Disconnect From the Dialysis Machine in an Emergency: For Fistulas (PDF) (Spanish)
Missed (Hemodialysis) Treatment Workbook (PDF) (Spanish)
Missing Hemodialysis Treatments Can be Dangerous (PDF) (Spanish)
Tips for Holiday Eating When on Hemodialysis (PDF) (Spanish)
Your Child’s Hemodialysis – What to Expect on the Dialysis Unit (PDF) (Spanish)
HUS and Your Child (PDF) (Spanish)

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) resources

Connecting and Disconnecting from the Amia Cycler (PDF) (Spanish)
Connecting and Disconnecting from the Home Choice Cycler (PDF) (Spanish)
Getting Fluid Samples From a Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter (PDF) (Spanish)
Peritoneal Dialysis at Home Handbook (PDF) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter: Care After Placement (PDF) (Spanish)
Peritoneal Dialysis Problem Solving Tips (PDF) (Spanish)
What You Need to Know for Your Home Peritoneal Dialysis Visit (PDF) (Spanish)

Both HD and PD resources

Disaster Preparedness for Dialysis Patients at Seattle Children’s (PDF) (Spanish)
Kidney Diseases in Childhood
Kidney Failure
When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease
Dialysis at Seattle Children’s
Lab Tests Your Child Will Have While on Dialysis (PDF) (Spanish)
Tips for Getting an Accurate Weight Before and After Dialysis (PDF) (Spanish)
Fluids and Dialysis (PDF) (Spanish)
How the Kidneys Work
Hypertension Clinic (PDF)
Kidney Disease Adult Transition Letter (PDF) (Spanish)
Medicines Commonly Prescribed When on Dialysis (PDF) (Spanish)
Signs of High or Low Blood Pressure During Dialysis (PDF) (Spanish)
Vitamin D (PDF) (Spanish)

Videos (English only)

Useful links

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