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Planning a Renal and Diabetes Friendly Thanksgiving

By |2024-11-11T20:01:30+00:00November 11th, 2024|

  With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it’s important to acknowledge this food-centric holiday can be tricky to navigate for our dialysis patients, especially if they have comorbid conditions like diabetes. Whether they will be hosting or attending a get-together, it can be difficult to stay focused on controlling diet and exercise routines. As providers, [...]

Navigating the Challenges of BIA in Dialysis Patient Assessment

By |2024-09-06T20:55:17+00:00September 6th, 2024|

  September is Malnutrition Awareness Month, and as Renal Dietitians we understand that the nutritional assessment of dialysis patients is among the most complex of any disease state. Bioimpedance Analysis (BIA) has gained traction as a valuable tool for assessing fluid balance and nutritional status. While BIA offers valuable insights into body composition and fluid [...]

Collaboration, Not Confrontation, to Address Nutrition Misinformation

By |2024-08-12T20:58:04+00:00August 12th, 2024|

Healthy eating often comes with its fair share of misconceptions. Today, with so much information from non-reputable and non-evidence-based sources, it’s easy to mix up sound advice with myths and misinformation about nutrition. These myths range from harmless misunderstandings to potentially dangerous misconceptions. For example, in this month’s PCA webinar we discuss several nutrition myths [...]

Beat the Heat this Summer

By |2024-07-03T19:20:57+00:00July 1st, 2024|

  The national forecast for the US predicts this may be one of the hottest summers on record. Across the country heat waves and heat domes are expected to hit, meaning everyone will be looking for a way to stay cool. For a dialysis patient, this could mean reaching for more fluid than is recommended. [...]

Help Women Take Charge

By |2024-05-14T12:49:50+00:00May 13th, 2024|

  Every May in the United States the nation recognizes Women’s Health Month. The goal of this month is to empower women to prioritize their health and educate them on the steps they can take to improve their health. Empowering women who have chronic kidney disease and kidney failure can make all the difference in [...]

Measuring the Success of Intraperitoneal Nutrition: More than Numbers

By |2024-04-09T17:04:12+00:00April 9th, 2024|

  As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), I had the pleasure of working with people on dialysis for many years. During this time, I witnessed many success stories for my patients on hemodialysis (HD) with intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN). However, it was not until I began working with Patient Care America, where I collaborate with [...]

Effectively Collaborating with
the Interdisciplinary Team

By |2024-03-12T16:50:36+00:00March 12th, 2024|

  Every patient in the healthcare system is part of a team, whether they know it or not. Behind the scenes of every appointment or clinic visit is a world of conversation and collaboration intended to support better health outcomes. Dietitians and nurses serve as critical components of many such interdisciplinary teams (IDT). In dialysis, [...]

Patient Care America Announces Acquisition of Lyfebulb

By |2024-03-05T14:50:59+00:00March 5th, 2024|

  Combining Resources to Create the Premier, Patient-Focused Renal Solutions Provider POMPANO BEACH, FL and NEW YORK, March 5, 2024 — Patient Care America (“PCA”) announces that it recently completed the acquisition of Lyfebulb Holdings Inc., (“Lyfebulb”) an online digital platform that empowers people living with chronic illnesses to thrive through education, innovation, and connectivity. [...]

Unintentional Weight Loss in ESRD Patients

By |2024-02-13T12:24:18+00:00February 12th, 2024|

  How many times have you witnessed unintentional weight loss in your dialysis patients? Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence that is frequently overlooked and undertreated, especially in patients who are considered obese. I can’t tell you how many times, when I was working in dialysis clinics, nephrologists or mid-level providers discounted unintentional weight loss [...]

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