Renal replacement (for patients with end-stage renal disease) therapy
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Hemodialysis
Each treatment takes about four hours, to be given 2-3 times a week. It can be required as a lifelong treatment or until kidney transplant.
Hemodialysis is a treatment for patients with kidney failure, using
a machine acting as an artificial kidney to remove waste and extra fluid from the blood and maintain the mineral balance through a filter. The filtered blood is then returned to the body.
It is thus necessary to have “vascular access” or a catheter for dialysis inserted.
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