hemodialysis
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dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
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Additional treatment may include sodium bicarbonate for metabolic acidosis, and hemodialysis or hemodiafiltration to remove methanol and formate from the blood.
A pressure gradient is applied; as a result, water moves across the very permeable membrane rapidly, "dragging" along with it many dissolved substances, including ones with large molecular weights, which are not cleared as well by hemodialysis.
Based on Application, the market is categorized into hemodialysis, Iv infusion & sterile filtration, drug delivery, pharmaceutical filtration and other applications.
In patients on hemodialysis taking 10- or 20-mg tadalafil, there were no reported cases of back pain.
Hemofiltration main Hemofiltration is a similar treatment to hemodialysis, but it makes use of a different principle.
Kallenbach J.Z. In: Review of hemodialysis for nurses and dialysis personnel. 7th ed. St. Louis, Missouri:Elsevier Mosby; 2005.