A mechanical method of cleaning the blood for people who have kidney disease. See also: Dialysis. Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) The substance of red blood cells that carries oxygen to the cells and sometimes joins with glucose (sugar). Because the glucose stays attached for the life of the cell (about 4 months), a test to measure hemoglobin A1C shows what the person's average blood glucose level was for that period of time.
a procedure in which waste products and excess water are removed from the body by circulating blood from an artery through an external dialyser (sometimes referred to as the artificial kidney).
a medical procedure that uses a specialized machine to filter waste products from the blood, while restoring its normal constituents. Hemodialysis is needed to perform the work of the kidneys if they can no longer function effectively.
The use of a machine to clean wastes from the blood after the kidneys have failed. The blood travels through tubes to a dialyzer, which removes wastes and extra fluid. The cleaned blood then flows through another set of tubes back into the body.
A technique of removing waste materials or poisons from the blood in which a stream of blood from an artery is pumped through a machine that filters the blood. The cleaned blood is then returned to the patient's body through a vein.
A modality for treating renal failure that cleans the blood by taking it outside of the body and pumping it through a filter called a dialyzer.
a process that purifies your blood through a machine often called an "artificial kidney."
A treatment for kidney failure where the patient's blood is passed through a filtering membrane to remove excess fluid and wastes.
The process by which extra body wastes and extra fluid are removed from the blood when passing through an artificial kidney.
medical procedure that involves cleaning the blood directly, to remove waste products. Hemodialysis must be done in a hospital setting. It is a more efficient way of removing waste than peritoneal dialysis.
A method of replacing the function of the kidneys by circulating blood through tubes. The tubes are bathed by solutions that selectively remove unwanted material.
Use of a machine to clean or filter the blood when the kidneys are failing. Jump to Top
Treatment for kidney failure in which the blood passes through a dialyzer to remove wastes and water.
A medical procedure that uses a special machine (a dialysis machine) to separate and cleanse the blood.
A method used to treat kidney failure, in which blood is passed through a machine that purifies it and returns it to the body.
Removal of excess fluids and waste products by passage of blood through an artificial kidney.
A method of dialysis in which the blood is cleansed by circulating through a machine outside of the body.
A method of removing toxic substances (impurities or wastes) from the blood when the kidneys are unable to do so. Dialysis is most frequently used for patients who have kidney failure. Hemodialysis circulates the patient’s blood through special filters outside the body.
A mechanical method of cleaning the blood for people who have kidney disease. [See: Fluoridation, Dialysis, & Osteomalacia
A mechanical procedure used to remove toxins and waste from the blood. Blood is removed from an artery, purified by a machine, and returned to the body.
process of removing blood from an artery to purify it (remove wastes or toxins from the blood) and adjust fluid and electrolyte imbalances, adding vital substances, and returning it to a vein (see also peritoneal dialysis)
circulating a patients blood through a machine with a filter or semipermeable membrane to remove toxins and/or excess fluids.
A type of dialysis in which the patient's blood is removed from the body and cleansed by a dialyzer, i.e., an artificial kidney. The patient's blood travels through needles placed into a specially created blood vessel. Blood is passed through the dialyzer, cleansed, and then returned to the body.
a method of dialysis in which blood is purified by circulating through an apparatus outside the body (sometimes called an "artificial kidney") Back
filtration of soluble substances and water from the blood by diffusion through a semipermeable membrane
A medical procedure that uses a special machine (a dialysis machine) to filter waste products from the blood and to restore normal constituents to it. This shuffling of multiple substances is accomplished by virtue of the differences in the rates of their diffusion through a semipermeable membrane (a dialysis membrane). See the entire definition of Hemodialysis
A procedure often required at regular intervals by patients whose kidneys no longer are able to remove waste materials from the blood. A machine performs this function instead and the cleansed blood then is returned to the patient.
Hemodialysis means "cleaning the blood." In hemodialysis, the blood is circulated through an artificial kidney machine, which contains a dialyzer (also called an artificial kidney). The dialyzer has two spaces separated by a thin membrane. Blood passes on one side of the membrane and dialysis fluid passes on the other. The wastes and excess water pass from the blood through the membrane into the dialysis fluid, which is then discarded. The cleaned blood is return to the bloodstream.
A way to remove waste from the body when the kidneys are not working properly.
The process of purifying a kidney patient's blood by means of a dialysis membrane.
process of separating water and small soluble substances from the blood
In medicine, hemodialysis, also haemodialysis, is a method for removing waste products such as potassium and urea, as well as free water from the blood when the kidneys are incapable of this (i.e. in renal failure). It is a form of renal dialysis and is therefore a renal replacement therapy.