I ran across this little blurb- and it piqued my interest. The largest carbon capture project in the UK plans to convert the carbon dioxide it captures into sodium bicarbonate. In particular, the goal is to use that sodium bicarbonate for use in dialysis, among other needs. That’s 40,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year (right now, the capture facility capacity is 36K tons). Amazingly, that means this would produce enough sodium bicarbonate to supply some 750K patients a year.
Tag Archives: Dialysis
SCOTUS Screw-Up
I know I haven’t finished the two other blog posts about how SCOTUS (The Supreme Court of the United States) has been subverting the laws of the US over the past few years. But, this new ruling affects dialysis patients (and dialysis providers), so I will share this one first. (And, I haven’t gotten to the NY gun ruling abrogation or the overturning of Roe v. Wade!)
Dialysis at Home?
Is it really the pandemic? Donald Trump’s Directive? Or HHS pressure (read as payment incentives, which are related to Donald’s directive)? [HHS kidney care payment protocol that began in 2021, a year later than promised, provided increased reimbursements for home dialysis]
Food, Glorious Food…
Diet.
I must see (on the days that I watch TV) about 100 commercials a day discussing our diets, our weight. From Weight Watchers to Nutrisystem to Noom and beyond.
You’re kidding me, right?
We are excited. There are two vaccines being distributed- albeit in very spotty fashion. At least one more (the Johnson & Johnson version) is about to be submitted for FDA approval- to be followed shortly thereafter by the Oxford/Astra-Zeneca choice. Hopefully, by the end of this year, the pandemic will be over.
Just in Time for the 3rd Wave
One of the problems clinicians face when a COVID-19 patient is hospitalized is opining what other complications this patient will present. All too often, kidney failure is among the most common result. (This held for 46% of the patients treated at Mount Sinai, with about 1/3 of them requiring dialysis). The issue is getting the affected patients on dialysis before it’s too late to save their lives.
Alter-Houghton-Rice
A squelched executive order
It’s been a year or so since TheDonald issued his executive orders covering dialysis procedures. The goals were laudable- more transplants and more home dialysis.
Sucking at the Government Tit
OK, this is going to be a rant. Against a firm that generally has raised my rankles for some 50 years.
Sorbents?
To be honest, the best system I had ever seen for home dialysis (other than a full-fledged dialysate delivery unit for which most patients lack the space, lack the capital to acquire, and the technical ability to maintain) was the system developed by Home Intensive Care (HIC).