Description

When a CKD patients kidney function drops to severely low levels along with significant increase in creatinine and other toxins like urea in blood, excess fluid accumulation in body and acid and potassium then his blood needs to be filtered to remove the excess toxins and fluid. Similar process can be required in patients with AKI (acute kidney injury- a form of temporary kidney disease) HEMODIALYSIS is a form of dialysis where blood is filtered by passing it through a machine and a filter called as a DIALYZER. Usually, patients require an AV fistula on their forearm for doing dialysis. Haemodialysis also has few other variants like SLED and CRRT which are slow forms of dialysis and usually done in ICU patients who have very low BP.