The treatment involves circulating the patient's blood outside of the body through an extracorporeal circuit (ECC), or dialysis circuit. Two needles are inserted into the patient's vein, or access site, and are attached to the ECC.
The suffix of hemodialysis is "-lysis."
When comparing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, it can be said that
hemodialysis takes longer than peritoneal dialysis
Hemodialysis
-lysis
Grafts are often the access of choice when a hemodialysis patient has small veins that will not likely develop properly into a fistula.
Hemodialysis treatment may be required to reduce serum potassium levels in hyperkalemic patients with impaired kidney function
Most hemodialysis patients require treatment three times a week, for an average of three to four hours per dialysis "run"
Renal failure
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the time between hemodialysis treatments.
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