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Hemodialysis — In medicine, hemodialysis (also haemodialysis) is a method for removing waste products such as potassium and urea, as well as free water from the blood when the kidneys are in renal failure. Hemodialysis is one of three renal replacement… … Wikipedia
hemodialysis catheter — a catheter used on a temporary basis for vascular access for hemodialysis, usually some type of central venous catheter … Medical dictionary
Home hemodialysis — (HHD), is the provision of hemodialysis in the home of people with stage 5 chronic kidney disease. In the US home hemodialysis was the most common method of renal replacement therapy in the early 1970s before the introduction of the Federal ESRD… … Wikipedia
Step-by-step description of hemodialysis — Starting hemodialysis is often a frightening experience. Hemodialysis machines are complicated and dialysis sessions often are punctuated by alarms. At the beginning of dialysis and at the end of dialysis a lot of things happen. Not knowing what… … Wikipedia
Vascular access steal syndrome — In nephrology, vascular access steal syndrome, also known less precisely as steal syndrome, refers to vascular insufficiency resulting from a poorly constructed arteriovenous fistula (Cimino fistula, or synthetic vascular graft AV fistula).… … Wikipedia
arteriovenous access — a tube that begins at an artery and ends at a vein, the usual means of vascular access for hemodialysis apparatus to blood vessels; see also arteriovenous fistula and arteriovenous shunt … Medical dictionary
venovenous access — a tube that begins at a vein and ends at a vein, used as vascular access in hemodialysis and continuous venovenous hemofiltration … Medical dictionary
Wolfgang Schareck — (* 25. Januar 1953 in Düsseldorf; vollständiger Name: Wolfgang Dietrich Karl Schareck) ist ein deutscher Mediziner und seit 2009 Rektor der Universität Rostock. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Publikationen (Auswahl) 3 Siehe auch … Deutsch Wikipedia
fistulography — fis·tu·log·ra·phy (fis″tu logґrə fe) angiographic examination of a fistula, such as to assess a pathological one or check on patency of an arteriovenous fistula used for hemodialysis access … Medical dictionary
Dialysis — This article is about renal dialysis; for the laboratory technique, see dialysis (biochemistry); for treatment for liver failure, see liver dialysis. Dialysis Intervention Patient receiving dialysis … Wikipedia
