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Nephrology and Kidney Care Information in Arizona
When your kidneys fail, two treatment options exist: dialysis or a transplant. A transplant involves the removal of your...
For both kidney and simultaneous kidney-pancreas (SKP) transplants, two types of donors exist: Living donor Deceased donor...
How Does Diabetes Impact a Transplant? When a patient has kidney failure related to type 1 diabetes, a simultaneous...
What is Vascular Access? Your nephrologist (kidney doctor) may have recently told you that you have advanced kidney disease...
What is Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)? Your belly has a membrane inside called the “peritoneum” which can be used to clean your...
Home dialysis is a process of training the patient and care partner to do hemodialysis at home. It can be a positive and...
What is Hemodialysis? Hemodialysis is a process of clearing toxins from the blood, balancing electrolytes, neutralizing...
Diet Guidelines for Patients on Dialysis While dialysis does the work of your kidneys, it cannot do everything that healthy...
According to the Institute of Medicine, the human body needs at least 13 vitamins to function properly. Following a...
Potassium is a mineral that critically affects the proper functioning of your nerves and muscles. In particular, your heart...
Phosphorus is a mineral that is vital for good health, since it is needed by every cell in your body for normal function....
Committing to better eating habits is a great start to actively managing your kidney disease. In order to understand how...