Since 1. March Dr. Michael Rösch is the new PD Coordinator for Diaverum Germany. In our interview, he explains how he wants to strengthen the peritoneal dialysis as a treatment option and which benefits it offers for patients: What is your main task as PD Coordinator for Diaverum Germany? Diaverum has a lot of expertise…
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Recap from EuroPD congress 2015: Diaverum´s treatment decision making tools are considered as gold standard
Diaverum returned from the recent EuroPD congress in Poland as an award-winner and with the message that knowledge is key for patients to choose the best treatment for them. The European Peritoneal Dialysis (EuroPD) congress has, since 1994, grown to become a world-leading forum for the advancement of peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment and research. Some…
Less stressful: PD training at home
For patients at Diaverum’s Potsdam centre, it is possible to make all key treatment decisions surrounded by home comforts. Diaverum’s Potsdam centre runs Germany’s second-largest peritoneal dialysis (PD) programme after Hamburg. Its programme’s uniqueness, however, is in the method used by dedicated PD nurse Stefan Richter in taking prospective pre-dialysis patients through the decision-making process…
Removing obstacles to peritoneal dialysis in Germany
More than 70 participants attended the recent ‘PDiaverum’ symposium Potsdam, the aim of which was to find ways to increase PD usage. The PDiaverum symposium was organised and led by Dr Thiemo Pfab, Medical Director at Diaverum’s Potsdam centres and expert in peritoneal dialysis (PD). The attendees included many external nephrologists and PD nurses. Local,…
