Disadvantages of Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis
- Training is usually done during business hours, as often as five times a week. Training can take from 2 to 8 weeks at which time one is dialyzed incenter, often in a separate home hemodialysis training unit.
- Introducing dialysis into the home will impact everyone in the home, for good and bad.
- Space is needed for the dialysis machine and supplies.
- One may face increased utility costs. (Some utilities have accommodations available)
- Supply management may require time during business hours e.g. to receive deliveries, to drop off blood draws.
- May require trip to center once a month for iron and case management.
- If nocturnal dialysis is chosen some night's sleep can be disrupted due to machine alarms. Experience from Lynchburg suggests it happens once every 10 days for people using a fistula and 1-2 times per night if using a catheter.
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