Renal dialysis

Introduction: Renal dialysis

Description of Renal dialysis

Renal dialysis: Removal of certain elements from the blood based on the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
Source: Diseases Database

Renal dialysis: Therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the BLOOD by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, and HEMODIAFILTRATION.
Source: MeSH 2007

Renal dialysis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Renal dialysis:

• Renal
• Dialysis

Terms associated with Renal dialysis:

Terms Similar to Renal dialysis:

• Haemodialysis
• Hemodialysis

Source: Diseases Database

• Dialysis, Extracorporeal
• Dialysis, Renal
• Extracorporeal Dialysis
• Hemodialysis

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Kidney, Artificial

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Renal dialysis:

• Hemodialysis, Home
• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Hemodiafiltration

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Renal dialysis

• Renal Replacement Therapy
• Sorption Detoxification

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Renal dialysis

The following list attempts to classify Renal dialysis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Therapeutics
  • Renal Replacement Therapy
    • Renal Dialysis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Therapeutics
  • Sorption Detoxification
    • Renal Dialysis

External links related to: Renal dialysis

• Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) versus hospital or home haemodialysis for end-stage renal disease in adults (Cochrane Review)
• Vascular Access Surgery, indications, tests and technique of vascular access surgery
• Biocompatible hemodialysis membranes for acute renal failure (Cochrane Review)
• Renal failure - home versus hospital haemodialysis (No. 48)
• Catheter type, placement and insertion techniques for preventing peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Renal Failure, Chronic and Dialysis Complications : Article by Richard S Krause, MD
• HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for dialysis patients (Cochrane Review)
• Cellulose, modified cellulose and synthetic membranes in the haemodialysis of patients with end-stage renal disease (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Bullous Disease of Dialysis : Article by Maureen B Poh-Fitzpatrick, MD
• Antimicrobial agents for preventing peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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