American Kidney Fund « http://www.kidneyfund.org | | Information about this national voluntary health organization , as well as kidney disease facts. |
At Home With Dialysis « http://jeanette-e.tripod.com/home/index.html | | Site devoted to home hemodialysis. a personal story with support group. |
Chronic Kidney Failure « http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/18234-1.asp | | Emedicine health resource center providing information on the causes , symptoms , and treatment of kidney failure. |
Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort « http://porter.cceb.med.upenn.edu:7778/servlet/page?_pageid=55,138&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30 | | Features a research network focused on prediction and mechanisms of progression towards renal disease and cardiovascular events in patients with cri. |
DaVita Patient Citizens « http://www.dialysispatients.org | | Nationwide , non-profit , patient-governed dialysis organization dedicated to improving quality of life. available in english and spanish. |
Dialysis Access Care Center Online « http://www.dacconline.com | | Provides timely planning and consulting information for nephrologists interested in access care and interventional nephrology. |
Dialysis Online Message Boards « http://brumley.com/renal/index.html | | Open for dialysis patients , doctors , technicians , nurses , social workers and dieticians. |
eMedicine Health - Acute Kidney Failure « http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/11868-1.asp | | Consumer health resource center providing an overview of this disorder , causes , symptoms , and treatment. |
End Stage Renal Disease Network 13 « http://www.network13.org/ | | Provides support and information on esrd to the arkansas , louisiana and oklahoma renal communities. |
Forum of ESRD Networks « http://www.esrdnetworks.org/ | | Information about this national organization as well end-stage renal disease data. |
Gil's Home « http://www.pipeline.com/~gil1/esrd | | My personal stories about two failed kidney transplants , hemodialysis since 1984 , and a recent trial run of peritoneal dialysis. |
HDCN « http://www.hdcn.com/ | | Provides up-to-date , selected information on renal disorders and their treatment , hemodialysis , peritoneal dialysis , and about hypertension , dialysis , and clinical nephrology topics. |
In Focus: A Photographic Journey « http://www.johnfmartin.net | | John f. martin , a photojournalist , documented his bout with kidney failure , dialysis and the live-donor transplant he received from his father. over 100 photos take the reader through the year-long process step-by-step. |
Kidney Directions « http://www.kidneydirections.com/us/patients/basics/kidneys/ext-end-stage-renal-disease.htm | | Site sponsored by baxter healthcare discusses end stage renal disease , acute kidney failure , and chronic kidney failure. |
Mayo Clinic: Kidney Transplant Program « http://www.mayoclinic.org/kidney-transplant/index.html | | Learn more about the center for treatment and diagnosis. includes information on living donor kidney transplants. |