Heamodialysis, sometimes called hemodialysis or just dialysis, is a method of cleaning a person's blood when their kidneys aren't functioning properly. When the kidneys are in a condition of renal failure, this type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal elimination of waste products such as creatinine and urea as well as free water from the blood. One of three renal replacement therapies is hemodialysis. Apheresis is an alternate approach for extracorporeal separation of blood components like plasma or cells.
The kidneys filter the blood and eliminate waste materials and excess fluid. If your kidneys have failed, heamodialysis is a procedure that uses a machine to replace some of the functions of your kidneys.
Heamodialysis can be done as an outpatient or as an inpatient procedure. Routine hemodialysis is performed in a dialysis outpatient facility, which is either a dedicated, stand-alone clinic or a purpose-built room in a hospital. Home Heamodialysis is used less commonly. Dialysis treatments are launched and managed by specialised staff made up of nurses and technicians at a clinic; at home, dialysis treatments can be self-initiated and managed or done jointly with the help of a qualified helper, who is frequently a family member.
In India, a dry powdered variant of Bicarb (Part-B) dry Bicarbonate concentration is available. Bicarbonate levels in dialysis solutions are somewhat higher than normal blood levels to increase bicarbonate diffusion and to act as a pH buffer to neutralise metabolic acidosis, which is common in these patients. 1:32.75:1.25 Bicarbonate Heamodialysis Concentrate Dilution Proportioning
Heamodialysis is the preferred renal replacement therapy for patients who require dialysis on a short-term basis, as well as for many patients who require maintenance dialysis. It delivers efficient and quick solute removal. When hemodialysis is required, as well as the numerous parameters for dialysis treatment, a nephrologist (a medical kidney specialist) makes the decision. Frequency (how many treatments per week), length of each treatment, blood and dialysis solution flow rates, and dialyzer size are all factors to consider. The sodium, potassium, and bicarbonate levels in the dialysis fluid are sometimes altered. Heamodialysis can be done in a hospital, at home, or in free-standing dialysis units (also known as satellite units). Nurses and dialysis assistants assist with treatment in hospitals and satellite units; home dialysis requires you or someone else to learn how to handle the machine. Although one may feel exhausted following a dialysis session, because Heamodialysis is only done three times a week, the intervening days might allow for some regular activity, however dietary and fluid restrictions are normally necessary.
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