Renal dialysis

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In medicine, renal dialysis is "therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the blood by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodiafiltration."[1]

Renal dialysis may be used as treatment for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

The role of dialysis in nursing home residents is not clear.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Renal dialysis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Kurella Tamura M, Covinsky KE, Chertow GM, Yaffe K, Landefeld CS, McCulloch CE (2009). "Functional Status of Elderly Adults before and after Initiation of Dialysis.". N Engl J Med 361 (16): 1539-47. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa0904655. PMID 19828531. Research Blogging.
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