Patient Education
Kidney Care is our Specialty
We encourage patients to read more about Kidney Health and Disease in order to be better informed about their conditions.
Kidney Dialysis
Learn more about Kidney Dialysis from DaVita Inc.
Our patients receive dialysis services at these Davita Dialysis clinics:
Kidney Health Information from the National Kidney Foundation
- A Guide to Heart Health for Dialysis Patients
- About Chronic Kidney Disease: A Guide for Patients and their Families
- Advance Directives: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
- Anemia and Chronic Kidney Disease – Stages 1-4
- Cancer Risk After Organ Transplantation
- Choosing A Treatment for Kidney Failure
- Coping Effectively: A Guide to Living Well with Kidney Failure
- Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Guide for American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease- Stages 1-4
- Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease – Stage 5
- Dialysis Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
- Dining Out With Confidence: A Guide for Patients with Kidney Disease
- From Illness to Wellness: Life After Transplantation
- Health Facts for Teens with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Heart Handbook: Your Heart Transplant
- Hemodialysis: What You Need to Know
- Hemodialysis Access: What You Need to Know
- High Blood Pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease – For People with CKD Stages 1-4
- High Blood Pressure and Your Kidneys
- Home Hemodialysis: Have you thought about Dialysis at Home?
- If You Choose Not to Start Dialysis Treatment
- Issues for Today’s Transplant Recipients
- Keeping Your Heart Healthy What You Should Know About Lipids – Stages 1-4
- Kidney Transplant
- Liver Transplant Handbook: Your Liver Transplant
- Living Well on Dialysis: A Cookbook for Patients and Their Families
- Managing Anemia When You Are on Dialysis (Stage 5)
- Milk Substitutes on a Kidney Preservation Diet
- NKF Answers Concerns about the FDA “Black Box’ Warning on Anemia Treatment
- New Onset Diabetes: A Guide for Kidney Transplant Recipients
- Nutrition and Chronic Kidney Disease: Are You Getting What You Need? – Stages 1–4
- Nutrition and Hemodialysis
- Nutrition and Kidney Failure (Stage 5): Are You Getting What You Need?
- Nutrition and Peritoneal Dialysis
- Nutrition and Transplantation
- Peritoneal Dialysis: What You Need to Know
- Planning for Emergencies – A Guide for Dialysis Facilities
- Planning for Emergencies – A Guide for People with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Quality of Life With Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Staying Fit With Kidney Disease
- The Organ and Tissue Donor Program
- Transplant Recipients Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
- Understanding Depression
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Waiting for a Transplant
- West Nile Virus and Transplant Recipients
- What You Need to Know About Urinalysis
- What You Need to Know About Your Access: Getting the Most From Your Treatment
- What You Should Know About Dialyzer Reuse: A Guide for Hemodialysis Patients and their Families
- When Bed-wetting (Enuresis) Becomes a Problem
- When Stopping Dialysis Treatment Is Your Choice: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
- Winning the Fight Against Silent Killers: High Blood Pressure and Diabetes
- Working With Chronic Kidney Disease
- Your Kidneys: Master Chemists of the Body
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