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Renal dialysis may be used as treatment for [[acute kidney injury]] and [[chronic kidney disease]]. | Renal dialysis may be used as treatment for [[acute kidney injury]] and [[chronic kidney disease]]. | ||
==Prognosis== | ==Prognosis== | ||
About 1 in 12 patients who require temporary renal dialysis will eventually require chronic renal dialysis within 3 years.<ref name="pmid19755696">{{cite journal| author=Wald R, Quinn RR, Luo J, Li P, Scales DC, Mamdani MM et al.| title=Chronic dialysis and death among survivors of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis. | journal=JAMA | year= 2009 | volume= 302 | issue= 11 | pages= 1179-85 | pmid=19755696 | About 1 in 12 patients who require temporary renal dialysis will eventually require chronic renal dialysis within 3 years.<ref name="pmid19755696">{{cite journal| author=Wald R, Quinn RR, Luo J, Li P, Scales DC, Mamdani MM et al.| title=Chronic dialysis and death among survivors of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis. | journal=JAMA | year= 2009 | volume= 302 | issue= 11 | pages= 1179-85 | pmid=19755696 | ||
Revision as of 00:09, 11 June 2010
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.
Prognosis
About 1 in 12 patients who require temporary renal dialysis will eventually require chronic renal dialysis within 3 years.[2]
The role of dialysis in nursing home residents is not clear.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Renal dialysis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Wald R, Quinn RR, Luo J, Li P, Scales DC, Mamdani MM et al. (2009). "Chronic dialysis and death among survivors of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis.". JAMA 302 (11): 1179-85. DOI:10.1001/jama.2009.1322. PMID 19755696. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Kurella Tamura M, Covinsky KE, Chertow GM, Yaffe K, Landefeld CS, McCulloch CE (2009). "Functional Status of Elderly Adults before and after Initiation of Dialysis.". N Engl J Med 361 (16): 1539-47. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa0904655. PMID 19828531. Research Blogging.