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When is Peritoneal dialysis the best option for renal failure?
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often the best treatment option for infants and children. Their small size can make vein access difficult to maintain. It is not recommended for patients with abdominal adhesions or other abdominal defects (like a hernia )
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Dialysis FOR CRF?
chronic renal failure
What technology is employed for survival under renal failure?
Dialysis
Chronic kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplant is termed?
Hemodialysis
The patient underwent dialysis for CRF What does this abbreviation represent?
chronic renal failure
Peritioneal dialysis is used for people suffering from what?
Peritoneal dialysis, like other forms of dialysis, are used for people suffering from renal failure or acute renal insufficiency. On other words, people whose kidneys have stopped functiong properly or are suddenly overwhelmed past their filtering capabilities. Dialysis as most people know it involves running the blood through an artificial membrane which replaces the kidney's filtering mechanism, then returning the blood back into the body. Peritoneal dialysis works on the same principle, except the membrane used is not an artificial membrane, rather a membrane found naturally in the body called the peritoneal membrane. This membrane is what encases most of your abdominal contents (liver, intestines, gall bladder, etc...) Peritoneal dialysis works by filling the peritoneal cavity (the space enclosed by the peirtoneal membrane) with what is essentially a sugar solution. This solution pulls waste products out of your blood and into the peritoneal cavity. This solution is allowed to sit within the cavity for varying amounts of time (anywhere from 40 minutes to several hours), and then the solution is drained (and along with it, all those waste products).
When is kidney dialysis prescribed?
When you are diagnosed with renal failure. In other words, when your kidneys cannot function, whether it's temporary or permanently, you will be put on dialysis.
What can you tell me about hemodialysis?
In medicine, hemodialysis is a method that is used to achieve the extracorporeal removal of waste products such ascreatinine and urea and free water from the blood when the kidneys are in a state of renal failure. Hemodialysis is one of three renal replacement therapies (the other two being renal transplant and peritoneal dialysis). An alternative method for extracorporeal separation of blood components such as plasma or cells is apheresis.
What happens if there is damage to the renal medulla and renal cortex?
You develop kidney failure and will have to use a dialysis machine to clean the impurities out of your blood. This is common in the latter stages of diabetes.
What is chronic renal failure also called?
Kidney failure. This may sometimes be reversed, and patients can be assisted by dialysis for a time, but complete failure needs a transplant.
What has the author Judy Mitzimberg written?
Judy Mitzimberg has written: 'Dialysis Diet' 'Dialysis diet' -- subject(s): Chronic renal failure, Diet therapy, Hemodialysis, Patients, Popular works
What is Davita dialysis known for?
Davita is a well known company for dialysis equipment. They serve those with kidney infections as well as those with end stage renal failure. Their line of products to the health care professional is quite extensive.
When do you need dialysis?
Your doctor will tell you when your kidneys have failed. They monitor those things very carefully when you have damaged or diseased kidneys. If you think your kidneys are not working properly, you need to see a doctor immediately to see if they can repair the damage or reverse it.
