GENERAL HISTOLOGY

EXCRETORY SYSTEM

KIDNEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How frequently is dialysis required?
A
Once a week
B
Three times a month
C
Once a day
D
Three times a week
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -During the procedure, a tube is attached to a needle in your arm. Blood passes along the tube and into an external machine that filters it, before it’s passed back into the arm along another tube. At dialysis centres, this is usually carried out 3 days a week, with each session lasting around 4 hours.

Detailed explanation-2: -Enlarging the vein makes it possible to insert the catheters. Hemodialysis is usually done three times a week, for 3 to 4 hours a day, depending on how well the kidneys work, and how much fluid weight they have gained between treatments. Hemodialysis can be done in a special dialysis center in a hospital or at home.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many people get hemodialysis three times a week in sessions of 3 to 5 hours each. Daily hemodialysis. This involves more-frequent, but shorter sessions-usually performed at home six or seven days a week for about two hours each time.

Detailed explanation-4: -It has been reported that twice-weekly HD dialysis therapy was associated with better preservation of RKF than thrice-weekly HD. Our study also demonstrated that the RKF was significantly higher at baseline in patients undergoing twice-weekly HD, and that it remained higher at all follow-up points.

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