Guide To Major Acute Renal Failure Treatments

Dialysis

Dialysis is specifically used to take waste and toxins out of an individual's blood by using a manmade device to filter the blood. In this process, a medical professional will provide all the necessary pretreatment to hook the patient up to a machine called a dialyzer, a type of artificial kidney. The machine will pump blood from the patient's body through a filter system then return the blood to their body with all minerals and fluids at a healthy level. For as long as the patient's kidneys are at an unhealthy level, their doctor may recommend completing the dialysis process more than once, or even as much as a daily basis.