Use of Sharesource in Remote Patient Management in Peritoneal Dialysis: A UK Nurse's Perspective.

In June 2015, Sharesource, a cloud-based, bi-directional connectivity platform, was launched by Baxter Healthcare in the UK. With this came the ability to use remote patient management (RPM) with peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in an easy, standardized manner across dialysis units. Improved nursing efficiency and patient outcomes, achieved utilizing RPM include individualized PD patient prescriptions, early detection and prevention of potential PD complications, reduced planned and unplanned hospital attendance, reduced drop off, and increased healthcare professional and patient/carer confidence in self-care.

Assessing the hydration status of children with chronic kidney disease and on dialysis: a comparison of techniques.

Background: Fluid balance is pivotal in the management of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and on dialysis. Although many techniques are available to assess fluid status, there are only a few studies for children, of which none have been comparable against cardiovascular outcome measures.

Methods: We performed a longitudinal study in 30 children with CKD5-5D and 13 age-matched healthy controls (71 measurements) to determine a correlation between optimal weight by bioimpedance spectroscopy (Wt-BIS) and clinical assessment (Wt-CA).