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Mary Pipkin

Researcher at University of Virginia

Publications -  7
Citations -  690

Mary Pipkin is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Home hemodialysis & Hemodialysis. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications receiving 647 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary Pipkin include University of Iowa.

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Recruitment and Training for Home Hemodialysis: Experience and Lessons from the Nocturnal Dialysis Trial

TL;DR: Lack of patient or family motivation and fear of the dialysis process are surmountable barriers for accepting home hemodialysis as a modality for renal replacement therapy.
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Nightly home hemodialysis: five and one-half years of experience in Lynchburg, Virginia.

TL;DR: There have been 24,239 treatments at home with a total of 84.86 patient‐years on NHHD, the longest patient for 66.7 months and the shortest for 1 month.
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Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis in North America

TL;DR: All programs performing NHD have validated Pierratos' reported results, showing improvement in quality of life, better blood pressure control with fewer medications, reduced Epogen usage, reduced hospitalizations, control of phosphorous without binders, and a greater sense of hope for patients.
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Six years of experience with nightly home hemodialysis access.

TL;DR: Lynchburg Nephrology Dialysis Incorporated started its nightly home hemodialysis program in September 1997 and has provided dialysis treatment to more than 2,000 patients in the past 18 months.