dialysis common questions
aborashyd83Pediatric Hemodialysis Children can be treated with dialysis Children can be treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. As in adult patients, more children are begun on hemodialysis than on peritoneal…
THE BEST OPTION FOR RRT
THE BEST OPTION FOR RRT One of the best option of kidney failure management is Kidney transplant it offer patients a new life less mortality and morbidity it less cost…
INTERPRETATION OF DIALYZER SPECIFICATION
Priming volume: Is how much blood needs to fill dialyzer capillaries, it consider as dead blood volume. it is varies among dialyzers, as a role of thumb, more priming volume,…
DIALYZER MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE
Membrane performance, as determined by the effectiveness of solute clearance and biocompatibility, is of greatest concern when choosing a dialyzer. Technological advances in membrane design, chemical composition, and sterilization methods…
DIALYZER AND HEMODIALYSIS PRESCRIPTION
As described by Daugirdas, many excellent nephrologists follow an empiric model when devising the hemodialysis prescription: place patients on the largest dialyzer that they can afford, dialyze them for the…
FACTORS AFFECT DRUG DIALYZABILITY
The extent to which a drug is affected by dialysis is determined primarily by several physicochemical characteristics of the drug, which are briefly described in the text that follows. These…
HEAMODIALYSIS DIALYZER BIOCOMPATIBILITY
Complement Activation The level of complement activation produced by a membrane is considered a significant determinant of membrane biocompatibility. All membranes activate complement and leukocytes to some extent, but unmodified…
DIALYSIS BASIC CONCEPTS
All dialysis machine equipped with volume metric UF control. Blood flow speed is accurately calibrated.-+5% All modern artificial kidneys (Dialyzers) are semi identical. Urea clearance affect patients outcome. Dialyzer clearance…
TYPES OF DIALYZER MEMBRANE MATERIALS
DIALYSIS PRACTICE ART TYPES OF DIALYZER MEMBRANE MATERIALS The materials most commonly used to make hollow fiber membranes include PSf, PES, cellulose triacetate (CTA), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), PEPA, ethylene vinyl alcohol…
dialyzer comparison
Dialysis practice art dialyzer comparison 90H 110H 130H 150H 170H 190H 210H 250H 11M 13M 15M 17M 19M 21M 11L 13L 15L 17L 19L 21L SOLACEA 15H SOLACEA 19H SOLACEA…