Massena Memorial Hospital now offering home dialysis
MASSENA – The Massena Memorial Hospital Dialysis Center is now offering home dialysis for kidney disease patients.
This allows patients to benefit from receiving the treatment in the convenience of home as well as acute care dialysis at the hospital if they are admitted to the hospital.
The center assists community members who would like to learn more about kidney disease including: signs & symptoms, prevention, and treatment options to call the center.
“The ability to receive dialysis treatments locally by the same dialysis nurses that they are accustomed to will help to minimize the burden that exists when a hospitalization is needed,” said Darlena James, R.N., Director of MMH Dialysis Center.
“Peritoneal dialysis training and service will allow us the opportunity to offer our patients an alternate modality of treatment for End Stage Renal Disease. Home dialysis allows patients more flexibility and independence, and we are pleased to be able to offer this service,” she added.
What is peritoneal dialysis and how does it work?
In this type of dialysis, your blood is cleaned inside your body. The doctor will do surgery to place a plastic tube called a catheter into your abdomen (belly) to make an access.
During the treatment, your abdominal area (called the peritoneal cavity) is slowly filled with dialysate through the catheter. The blood stays in the arteries and veins that line your peritoneal cavity. Extra fluid and waste products are drawn out of your blood and into the dialysate. There are two major kinds of peritoneal dialysis.
What are the different kinds of peritoneal dialysis and how do they work?
There are several kinds of peritoneal dialysis but two major ones are:
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD).
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) is the only type of peritoneal dialysis that is done without machines. You do this yourself, usually four or five times a day at home and/or at work. You put a bag of dialysate (about two quarts) into your peritoneal cavity through the catheter.
The dialysate stays there for about four or five hours before it is drained back into the bag and thrown away. This is called an exchange. You use a new bag of dialysate each time you do an exchange. While the dialysate is in your peritoneal cavity, you can go about your usual activities at work, at school or at home.
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“We are pleased about our new affiliation with DaVita, as they share our views regarding patient care and oversight of their dialysis programs,” said Dorothy Schneider, President of CNY Dialysis. Schneider added, “DaVita provides the same high quality of care that CNY Dialysis has provided for the past eleven years. We believe our affiliation with a large national dialysis firm like DaVita will allow CNY Dialysis to continue to provide the same high quality care we have provided, despite the likely changes coming from the new regulatory environment.”
“We are excited to affiliate with CNY Dialysis and continue to provide the high quality care patients have been used to for many years,” said Jim Greenwood, divisional vice president of DaVita. “We look forward to serving the Syracuse community together for many years to come.”
CNY Dialysis was formed eleven years ago to provide high quality, in-center dialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis, and acute dialysis service. It serves approximately 218 patients per month and operates with its employee base of approximately 55 people from its licensed facility at 910 Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse. It serves the needs of patients with end stage renal disease.
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