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End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Dialysis
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Kidney Transplantat...
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Fluid Restriction
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Dietary Restriction
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High Carbohydrate Diet
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Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis
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Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
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Dialysis or kidney transplantation is the only treatment for ESRD. Your physical condition and other factors determine which treatment is used.
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Dialysis technology is a highly specialized field of nephrology (care of the kidneys ). In clinical practice settings dialysis technologists provide dialysis treatment under the supervision of a physician or registered nurse . The dialysis technol...
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Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, the treatment removes waste products and excess fl...
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Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys , which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, dialysis removes waste products and excess fluids...
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Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, the treatment removes waste products and excess fl...
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A hemodialysis shunt, graft, or fistula provides vascular access for hemodialysis, a treatment that cleans the blood by removing wastes and excess water from the body.
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Peritoneal dialysis is one of the two processes used to remove waste products that build up in the blood when the kidneys are not able to do so on their own.
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Dialysis is a method of removing toxic substances (impurities or wastes) from the blood when the kidneys are unable to remove these substances.
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Dialysis is the process of removing fluid and waste products from the body, a function usually performed by the kidneys , through artificial means. There are two types of dialysis: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis . Peritoneal dialysis accompl...
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During the transplant operation, the kidney recipient is typically under general anesthesia and administered antibiotics to prevent possible infection. A catheter is placed in the bladder before surgery begins. An incision is made in the flank of ...
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A kidney transplant is surgery to place a healthy kidney into a person with kidney failure.
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Kidney transplantation is a surgical procedure to remove a healthy, functioning kidney from a living or brain-dead donor and implant it into a patient with nonfunctioning kidneys.
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