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A surgeon usually creates an AV fistula at least 6 weeks before your first dialysis session to allow time for your vein to become enlarged. You may receive local anesthesia to numb the area of ...
Kidney dialysis (from Greek διάλυσις, dialysis, 'dissolution'; from διά, dia, 'through', and λύσις, lysis, 'loosening or splitting') is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions naturally. This is referred to as renal replacement therapy.
DaVita. DaVita Inc. provides kidney dialysis services through a network of 2,816 outpatient dialysis centers in the United States, serving 204,200 patients, and 321 outpatient dialysis centers in 10 other countries serving 3,200 patients. The company primarily treats end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which requires patients to undergo dialysis 3 ...
Peritoneal dialysis may increase your risk of infections in or around the catheter site, such as peritonitis. Other risks include: abdominal muscle weakening. high blood sugar due to the dextrose ...
Peritoneal dialysis catheter. To carry out peritoneal dialysis, surgeons use a long, thin, and flexible silicone-based tube, which is known as the Tenckhoff catheter. A small cut is made on your ...
There’s no cure for stage 4 chronic kidney disease. The goal of treatment is to prevent kidney failure and maintain a good quality of life. Your life expectancy will depend on several factors ...
Home hemodialysis (HHD) is the provision of hemodialysis to purify the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally, in their own home. One advantage to doing dialysis at home is that it can be done more frequently and slowly, which reduces the "washed out" feeling and other symptoms caused by rapid ultrafiltration, and it can often be done at night, while the person is sleeping.
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