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At what temperature should a dialysis machine operate?
At body temperature (37 degrees) :)
WHY MUST DIALYSIS TEMPERATURE BE KEPT AT BODY TEMPERATURE?
So as not to upset/shock the body temperature of the person who is on dialysis.
What role of the kidney does a dialysis machine carry out?
A dialysis machine removes wastes from the body that the kidney usually does. But not as well as the kidney. About 85% of people on dialysis die in three years without a new kidney.
Which process removes toxic waste products from the body using a machine?
Dialysis
What happens during kidney dialysis?
Toxins and waste are filtered from the kidneys
What is artificial filtration of the blood called?
Dialysisdialysis is a machine filtering the body's blood when the organs responsible for natural filtration (kidneys, liver) can not.
What role of the kidneys does a dialysis carry out?
A dialysis machine removes wastes from the body that the kidney usually does. But not as well as the kidney. About 85% of people on dialysis die in three years without a new kidney.
What is the proper name for a artificial kidney machine?
An artificial kidney - is a dialysis machine. A patient is 'hooked up' to the machine via an intravenous needle - and their blood is drawn through a series of filters and cleansers, before being returned to the patient's body. The process takes from 3 to 5 hours, and is carried out three times a week..
What is returned to a patients body after being filtered by a dialysis machine?
Basically Dialysis is done because the patient's kidney is not functioning properly. So the Blood purification is not done as required by the affected kidneys. Therefore in order to purify the patient's blood the dialysis machine acts as artificial kidney and returns pure blood back to patient's body. The patient has to undergo dialysis process at regular intervals.
What type of machine is used to help people with kidney malfunctions?
The dialysis machine is the machine that performs dialysis of the blood. Dialysis removes the waste product from the blood by drawing it through a vein in the forearm called the arterio-venous fistula. The blood is pumped into the machine through plastic tubes and then goes through a series of events that cleanses the blood with a saline solution called dialysate. Once the blood has been cleansed, it is returned to the body.
Medical treatment necessary to filter blood when kidneys fail?
It's called dialysis. It's like a machine kidney outside the body.
What is the Differences between a kidney and a dialysis?
The main difference there would be that a kidney is an organ that helps the body maintain a proper balance of minerals, metabolites and other bodily fluids. Dialysis/a dialysis machine is a procedure/machine that can perform some of the basic functions of the kidneys for people experiencing either temporary or long term renal (kidney) failure. wikipedia has some accurate and in depth pages on both the kidney, and dialysis if you want to know more.
