DIALYSIS

DIALYSIS IS THE PROCESS OF REMOVING TOXINS, EXCESS WATER, MAINTAINING SOLUTES NORMAL. THIS IS REFERRED TO AS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY. DIALYSIS MAY NEED TO BE INITIATED WHEN THERE IS SUDDEN LOSS OF KIDNEY FUNCTION (ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY) OR WHEN A GRADUAL DECLINE IN KIDNEY FUNCTION (CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE REACHING STAGE 5). DIALYSIS CAN BE HAEMODIALYS, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, HEMOFILTRATION, HEMODIAFILTRATION