Cenla Dialysis in Jena, Louisiana - Dialysis Center

Cenla Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Jena, Louisiana and it has 3 dialysis stations. It is located in Lasalle county at 1430 W Elm St, Jena, LA, 71342. You can reach out to the office of Cenla Dialysis at (318) 992-5555. This dialysis clinic is run as an independent entity, i.e. it is not owned by any chain organization. Cenla Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in May, 2022. The medicare id for this facility is 192764 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Home Hemodialysis Training

For adult patients on hemodialysis, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis at least 1.7; that means they are receiving the right amount of dialysis. For pediatric patients, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 on hemodialysis and 1.8 on peritoneal dialysis.
Higher percentages are better.

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	14
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	89
  Percentage of adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	72

An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Cenla Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.

The arteriovenous (AV) fistula is considered the best long-term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.

The rate of hospitalization shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Cenla Dialysis were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Cenla Dialysis's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.

The rate of mortality shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Cenla Dialysis lived longer than expected (better than expected), did not live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.