0
Dialysis is the process of replacing kidney function. Diffusion is just the natural tendency of things to move from higher concentration to lower concentration. Example: You have two identical rooms next to each other and one is filled with smoke and the other is not. Now imagine there is a door that conects these two rooms together. What would happen if you opened the door? The smoke would move towards the smokeless room and clean air would rush into the smoke filled room until there is equal amount of smoke in both rooms. How does this apply to dialysis? The artificial kidney has two chambers one is for the blood (this includes the inside of the membrane) and the other is for dialysate (cleansing fluid). The blood flows through the membrane in one direction and the dialysate flows through the artificial kidney in the opposite direction. The membrane, wich is basically a large bundle of small tubes with a bunch of tiny holes all along the outside of it, (holes that are too small to let blood vessels escape, but will allow waste particles to escape) allows the cleansing of the blood by diffusion. Example, if the potassium in your blood is at 5.5 and the potassium in the dialysate is 2.0 what do you think will happen to the potassium level in the blood? Remember the smoke filled room? Any dialysis professional would say that there is way more to it than that, and they are right, but I have tried to put it in a nutshell and in layman's terms.
What else can I help you with?
What is the difference between a blood infusion and dialysis?
What is the difference between a blood transfusion and dialysis
How much money does an apheresis technician earn?
I am currently an Apheresis Tech and I make $15.29 an hour
What are the difference between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis?
hemodialysis takes longer than peritoneal dialysis
One way in which dialysis fluid is different to blood plasma?
The dialysis fluid is different to plasmas in that it does not have the uric acid and urea in it.. besides that- it has no excess salts either.
Does human body produce heparin and if our own body produces natural anticoagulant why do we need anticoagulant when we perform apheresis or dialysis?
I can partly answer this question: Basophils, which are granular leukocytes, are a part of our bodies natural makeup, they produce heparin (an anticoagulant), histimines (an inflammatory substance), and serotonin (a vasoconstictor).
What is the aftercare for patients who have undergone dialysis?
Both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients need to be vigilant about keeping their access sites and catheters clean and infection-free during and between dialysis runs
What education is required to become an apheresis technician?
how to maintain
Can LPN's do apheresis?
LPN's are allowed to perform apheresis collections intended for patient transfusion or source plasma. However, most states require at least an RN to perform therapeutic apheresis, as medications are generally administered during the procedure. Please review each particular state's regulations.
What component of blood must be collected by apheresis?
Platelets are the component of blood that are commonly collected by apheresis. Platelet apheresis allows for a higher yield of platelets to be collected in a single donation compared to whole blood donation and is often used to treat patients with low platelet counts.
Nursing implications of a patient returns from dialysis?
1- high risk for infection related to using the equipments of dialysis. 2-
What has the author Jeffrey L Winters written?
Jeffrey L. Winters has written: 'Therapeutic apheresis' -- subject(s): Hemapheresis, Handbooks, manuals 'Therapeutic apheresis' -- subject(s): Hemapheresis, Handbooks, manuals
What has the author John Christian Harty written?
John Christian Harty has written: 'A study to assess the relationship between adequacy of dialysis and nutrition in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, and the effect of increasing dialysis dose on nutritional status'
