Quick Tip:

Controlling blood pressure is essential to keep kidney disease from getting worse.

 

Avoid overuse of over-the-counter pain relievers called NSAIDs (ibuprofen, naproxen). They can cause kidney damage. 

  
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Brochures

Northwest Kidney Centers has many resources available to physicians, patients and their families, and other interested parties. To receive copies of any of the publications listed below, please contact Sonja Coffman at (206) 292-2771, ext. 6923 or sonja@nwkidney.org. 

Booklets and Brochures

• Choosing A Treatment That's Right For You, Baxter Healthcare Corporation
• Coping Effectively: A Guide for Patients and Their Families, National Kidney Foundation
• Education: New Life, New Hope: A Book for Families and Friends of Renal Patients, by The Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council
• Exercise: A Guide for People on Dialysis, by Patricia Painter, PhD, from The Life Options Rehabilitation Advisory Council
• Getting to Know and Understand Your Kidney, by Margaret Rittenhouse, RN
• Handbook for Patients with Kidney Failure, National Kidney Foundation
• Life After Transplantation, American Organ Transplant Association
• On the Road Again: A Travel Guide for Dialysis Patients, National Medical Care
• Using the Kidney You Never Thought Your Had, Stadtlanders Pharmacy, 1993, 52 minutes

For other orders


For other items, including nutrition information, contact Sharon Williams, (206) 901-8711 or sharonw@nwkidney.org.