SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) offers patients the opportunity to sleep during the dialysis session.

Advantages

1. Free up the daytime to do what YOU want to during the day

2. Since we can deliver longer dialysis times (up to ~6+hrs) this gives a more ‘gentle’ dialysis treatment

3. Almost all patients have better clearance of some waste products

4. Often helps control blood pressures with fewer medications

5. Most patients find ‘recovery time’ after dialysis is shorter

Disadvantages

1. Whilst the machines are quiet, they do make a slight hum. Some patients do find it hard to sleep on the machine (we try to keep it as dark as we can and as quiet as possible), you may not know until you have tried it. Of course you can wear earplugs and or noise cancelling earphones if you wish.

2. Arrival time usually ~23:30 discharge time ~6:30 am

3. We ask you not to use your mobile phone to make or receive calls or disturb other sleeping dialysis patients.

4. Whilst we try to minimise disturbances during the night but we do have to take blood pressure occasionally during dialysis and we prefer you to be able to sleep with a blood pressure cuff on.

5. SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) operate nocturnal services at SEHA Kidney Care Central and SEHA Kidney Care Abu Dhabi on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights only at this time.

Patients who may not be suitable for nocturnal

1. Patients needing CPAP (continuous positive airways pressure) equipment or oxygen at night

2. Those who cannot get themselves to/from the unit at the times specified

I want to try it !

If you are an SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) patient wanting to try the nocturnal dialysis please contact your nurse directly.

If you wish to try our nocturnal service but are not currently an SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) patient, please book a consultation with one of our SKC doctors to discuss a suitable dialysis prescription and we can book you in from that consultation: SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) [email protected] or call 80050