Dialysis
Patient and Family Education
Hemodialysis (HD) resources
- Dialysis Access Care – Dos And Don’ts for AV Fistulas and Grafts (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
- Dialysis Telephone List (PDF) (Spanish)
- Hemodialysis Catheter Care (PDF) (Russian) (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) (Russian) (Spanish)
- How to Disconnect From the Dialysis Machine in an Emergency: For Fistulas (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
- Missing Hemodialysis Treatments Can be Dangerous (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
- Tips for Holiday Eating When on Hemodialysis (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
- Your Child’s Hemodialysis – What to Expect on the Dialysis Unit (PDF) (Russian) (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)
- Dialysis Telephone List (PDF) (Spanish)
- Getting Fluid Samples from Your Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Bag (PDF) (Spanish)
- How to Add Antibiotics to the PD Solution Bags (PDF) (Spanish)
- Manual Dialysis Instructions (PDF) (Spanish)
- Peritoneal Dialysis at Home Handbook (PDF) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
- Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter: Care After Placement (PDF) (Spanish)
- Peritoneal Dialysis Touch Contamination Management Tips (PDF) (Spanish)
- What You Need to Know for Your Home Peritoneal Dialysis Visit (PDF) (Spanish)
Videos
- How to do Manual Peritoneal Dialysis
- Adding Antibiotics or Other Medicines to the Peritoneal Dialysis Bag
- Getting a Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid Sample From the Drain Bag
- Getting a Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid Sample From the PD Catheter
Both HD and PD resources
- Disaster Preparedness for Dialysis Patients at Seattle Children’s (PDF) (Russian) (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) (Russian) (Spanish)
- Tips to Weighing Yourself Before and After Dialysis (PDF) (Spanish)
- Fluids and Dialysis (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
- How the Kidneys Work
- Hypertension Clinic (PDF)
- Medicines Commonly Prescribed When on Dialysis (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
- Signs of High or Low Blood Pressure During Dialysis (PDF) (Russian) (Spanish)
- Vitamin D (PDF) (Somali) (Spanish)
Transition to Adult Care – All Dialysis Types and ESRD
Pre and Post Assessment
SCOPE Dialysis Collaborative Modules
- Self-Management and Advocacy (Spanish)
- Medical Knowledge (Spanish)
- Adherence (Spanish)
- Medications (Spanish)
- Fluid Management and Nutrition (Spanish)
- High Risk Choices – Part 1 (Spanish)
- High Risk Choices – Part 2 (Spanish)
- Insurance: Paying for my Healthcare (Spanish)
- Education (School) and Post-Secondary Transition (Spanish)
- My Support Systems (Spanish)
- Transition Roadmap (Spanish)
Letters
- Caregiver letter (Spanish)
- Patient letter (age 11+) (Spanish)
Videos (English only)
- How to Change a Dressing for a Hemodialysis Catheter (for hemodialysis)
- Low Potassium Diet
- Phosphorus and Kidney Disease
- Phosphorus and Kidney Disease: Grocery Shopping
- Phosphorus and Kidney Disease: Dining Out
- Speak Up: Making Dialysis Safer for Patients
Useful links
- American Association of Kidney Patients
- American Kidney Fund
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
- Caring for a Child With Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease: What Does It Mean for Me?
- Glomerular Diseases
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- IgA Nephropathy
- Kidney Failure Tutorial (Medline Plus)
- Kidney School
- Medicare: Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Transplant Services
- Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC)
- National Kidney Foundation
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKD)
- Your Kidneys and How They Work (NIH) (Spanish)