Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Dialysis Center

Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and it has 23 dialysis stations. It is located in Allegheny county at 5124 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224. You can reach out to the office of Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania at (412) 682-0205. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in June, 1984. The medicare id for this facility is 392542 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Adult patinets who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be atleast 1.7, that means they are receiving right amount of dialysis. Pediatric patients who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be 1.8.
Higher percentages should be better.

• Hemodialysis

  Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	66
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	658
  Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	100

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 Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania with elevated calcium levels.

The arteriovenous (AV) fistulae is considered 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 show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at a certain dialysis center 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.

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.

Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania'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 show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Fresenius Medical Care Western Pennsylvania lived longer than expected (better than expected), don’t live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.

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