Renal dialysis

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In medicine, renal dialysis is "therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the blood by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodiafiltration."[1]

Renal dialysis may be used as treatment for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

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