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Q: Why is a pump needed in kidney dialysis?
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Where is the roller pump in the kidney dialysis machine?

It is located at where the patient's blood is drawn in.


How do you treat creatinine?

Kidney 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.


Why is a bubble trap needed in kidney dialysis?

The bubble trap removes any gas bubbles from blood (:


Dialysis is used to perform the function of?

Dialysis is the machin which is used to perform the function of Kidney .


Is dialysis the answer or a transplant?

Dialysis is not a permanent solution - the worse the kidney function becomes, the more dialysis is needed, until you're at at a stage where you're in hospital on dialysis full time (which is obviously not a life). Transplants are a more long term solution.


What is the name of the machine that is use instead of kidneys to fill the blood?

Foremost thing that you need to know is that Kidney DOES not pump blood. Heart does. Kidney purifies blood and makes urine. Artificial kidney action is done by a process called dialysis. The machine is generally just called Dialysis machine.


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.


A dialysis machine serves the function of a?

in the kidney


Do you have to have a kidney to live or can you have dialysis without a kidney?

Yes


What happens during kidney dialysis?

Toxins and waste are filtered from the kidneys


When did Kidney Dialysis start?

Willem Kolff Invented the kidney dialysis machine (1944)