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.


Prognosis

About 1 in 12 patients who require temporary renal dialysis will eventually require chronic renal dialysis within 3 years.[2]

The role of dialysis in nursing home residents is not clear.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous, (2009) Renal dialysis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Wald R, Quinn RR, Luo J, Li P, Scales DC, Mamdani MM et al. (2009). Chronic dialysis and death among survivors of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis.. JAMA 302 (11): 1179-85. DOI:10.1001/jama.2009.1322. PMID 19755696.
  3. ↑ 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.
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