The Dialysis Center provides dialysis treatments, testing services, support,
and education six days per week to meet the medical, financial, and social
service needs of patients using hemodialysis and their families.
Hemodialysis helps keep patients in kidney failure in reasonable health.
Patients with kidney failure must remain on hemodialysis permanently unless
they switch to peritoneal dialysis or receive a kidney transplant.
Patients receive outpatient dialysis treatment three days per week in the
Dialysis Center. The Campbell County Health Dialysis Center also treats
inpatients who need dialysis therapy.
LDL apheresis
LDL apheresis is a medical procedure that removes LDL (so-called "bad")
cholesterol from the blood of patients who have a genetic condition that
can't be controlled with diet, exercise, or medication. A machine with
special filters is used to remove the LDL cholesterol from the patient's
blood, and then it is returned to them using needles that are placed in
each arm. Sometimes the patient may have a shunt surgically placed in
their arm for this treatment. LDL apheresis is a life-long therapy that
is required every two weeks, and a typical procedure lasts about two hours.
Contact Us
Location: Campbell County Memorial Hospital, 501 S. Burma Avenue, First Floor,
Gillette, Wyoming 82716 -- Past Health and Information Services
Phone:
307-688-1981 Supervisor: Lori Hoesing, RN, CND
