Patients & Families
When you or someone you love is sick, you want to find out all you can about
their illness. You may have many questions and sometimes finding or asking for
the answers may be hard. Below are several links that may help you find the
answers.
AAKP Nutrition Counter
AAKP Complete Nutrition Booklet for Dialysis Patients
About Chronic Kidney Disease: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
Abbreviated version of the Spanish booklet.
Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders - familydoctor.org
BET (Black Entertainment Television) Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Often Occur Together
(webcast) video
BET (Black Entertainment Television) Diabetes and Your Kidneys
(article) Related webcast(video):Type 2 Diabetes: Is It More Than Just Blood Sugar?
BET (Black Entertainment Television) Hypertension Q&A
(article) Related webcast (video): Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Disease You Should Know About
BET (Black Entertainment Television) Kidney Failure Basics
Featured Video: Identifying Kidney Failure
Cancer: When Your'e a Cargeiver
A caregiver is someone who gives basic care to a person who has a medical condition... - familydoctor.org
Carbohydrate Counting with Chronic Kidney Disease
What is carbohydrate counting? - NKF
Cholesterol and Chronic Kidney Disease
What is cholesterol and why is it important? - NKF
Chronic Kidney Disease
What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? -familydoctor.org
DaVita Kidney Disease Education
This site is dedicated to providing information on CKD. Provides list of additional resources (I.e. additional articles, newsletters, classes).
Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy-familydoctor.org
Dialysis Access Clothing
Zippered clothing to make access to permanent catheters easy and provide patient with privacy during treatment
Diet and Kidney Stones
Learn about Diet and Kidney Stones - NKF
Dining Out with Confidence
Dining Out with Confidence - NKF
Eating Healthy for Hemodialysis
Eating Healthy for Hemodialysis - AKF
Emergency Meal Planning
Why you need an Emergency Meal Plan - NKF
Emergency Meal Planning for Diabetics
Emergency Meal Planning for Diabetics - NKF
Enjoy Your Own Recipes Using Less Protein
Why you need to eat less protein - NKF
ESRD Network 18 Advance Directives and EOL Information
Resources and information about End of Life Issues - ESRD Network 18
Facts About Transplantation: Pediatric Patient Education Brochure
Facts About Transplantation: Pediatric Patient Education Brochure - AST
Health on the Web: Finding Reliable Information
Health on the Web: Finding Reliable Information
High Blood Pressure
American Heart Association
How to Increase Calories in Your CKD Diet
What are calories and why you need more - NKF
Information for Parents
Medical Information for Parents - familydoctor.org
Information for Parents
Information for Parents - familydoctor.org
Interstitial Nephritis
Interstitial Nephritis-familydoctor.org
Just the Facts: Anemia
What is anemia and why it's important - Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Dealing with Depression
Just the Facts: Dealing with Depression-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Exercise for Life
Just the Facts: Exercise for Life-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Fluid and Dialysis
Learn why your fluids are limited and more - Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Getting Enough Hemodialysis
Just the Facts: Getting Enough Hemodialysis-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: How to Talk to Your Healthcare Team
Just the Facts: How to Talk to Your Healthcare Team-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Rehabilitation
Just the Facts: Rehabilitation-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Restless Legs Syndrome
Just the Facts: Restless Legs Syndrome-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Skin and Hair Problems on Dialysis
Just the Facts: Skin and Hair Problems on Dialysis-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: The Dialysis Machine
Just the Facts: The Dialysis Machine-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Traveling on Dialysis
Just the Facts: Traveling on Dialysis-Life Options Fact Sheet
Just the Facts: Vascular Access
Life Options Fact Sheet
Kidney Anatomy
Kidney Anatomy - Medline Plus Encyclopedia
Kidney Resource.com
Compreshensive listing of websites on CKD and ESRD. Designed to help people learn more about kidney disease and its associated syptoms
KidneyResource.com
Comprehensive listing of websites on CKD and ESRD. Designed to help people learn more about kidney disease and its associated syptoms.
Life Clinic
Article on Diabetic Kidney Disease. Discusses the stages of CKD and list of related articles.
Life Options
Information on Chronic Kidney Disease
Lifting Safety: Tips to Help Prevent Back Injury
Lifting Safety: Tips to Help Prevent Back Injury - familydoctor.org
Medical Erros: Tips to Help Prevent Them
Medical Erros: Tips to Help Prevent Them - familydoctor.org
Medicare and You 2007
Medicare and You 2007 (book)
Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services
Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services - CMS
Medicare for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Medicare for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease (book)
Medline Plus
Illustrations, definitions, causes, incidence, risk factors, symptoms, signs and tests, support groups, prognosis, complications, and calling your healthcare provider about Polycycstic Kidney Disease.
Medline Plus
Illustrations,definitions.causes,incidence,risk factors,symptoms,signs and tests, support groups,and calling your healthcare provider.
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
About Polycystic Kidney Diesease
National Kidney Foudation
Focus on Prevention of Kidney Disease
National Kidney Foundation
Information on High Blood Pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease
National Kidney Foundation
Information for patients about kidney disease and treatment options
National Lung, Heart, and Blood Insitute
Infortmation on High Bloold Pressure: Definitions, Causes/Effects, Who can develop high blood pressure
Nutrition for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Why your child needs to be on a special diet - NKF
Phosphorus and your CKD diet
Important Information about Phosphorus - NKF
Polycycstic Kidney Disease Foundation
About Polycystic Kidney Diesease: Basic Kidney and PKD Information, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Nutrition, Living with PKD, and End-Stage Renal Disease
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)-familydoctor.org
Potasium and Your CKD Diet
What is potassium and why is it important? - NKF
Renal Disease
Renal Disease - Medline Plus Encyclopedia
Renal Info.
Website provides information on kidney disease/failure, including causes, symptoms, tests, and to help maintain health it also has a presentation of treatment options.
RenalInfo.
Provides information on kidney disease/failure, including causes, symptons,tests and to help maintain healthand also has a presentation on treatment options
Self Management: Taking Charge of Your Health
Self Management: Taking Charge of Your Health-familydoctor.org
The Importance of Controlling Hypertension
Article from AAKP Kidney Beginnings
The Nephron Information Center
Simple explanation of "How Kidney's Work" with interactive graphics.
Tips for Talking to Your Doctor
Tips for Talking to Your Doctor - familydoctor.org
Understanding GFR: A Guide for Patients
Understanding GFR: A Guide for Patients-KDEP brochure
Use of Herbal Supplements in Chronic Kidney Disease
Learn which herbs may be harmful - NKF
Vitamins and Minerals in Kidney Disease
What are vitamins and minerals and which ones you may need to take - NKF
What I Need to Know About Kidney Stones
What I Need to Know About Kidney Stones-NIDDK
What Kids Need to Know About Kidneys
What Kids Need to Know About Kidneys - familydoctor.org
What You Need to Know About Anemia and Chronic Kidney Disease
What You Need to Know About Anemia and Chronic Kidney Disease - NKF
What You Need to Know About Urinalysis
What You Need to Know About Urinalysis - NKF
Your Guide to the New Food Label
Learn about the Nutrition Facts Table - NKF
Your Kidneys and How They Work
What do your kidneys do? - NIDDK
¿Qué es la Diálisis? Información para Niños
Information for Kids: Chronic Kidney Diseases - familydoctor.org
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