dialyzer
He underwent his first course of dialysis, a two-hour process.
After seven years on dialysis, her condition is deteriorating.
High-dependency patients, such as those requiring dialysis, must continue to be treated during the pandemic.
Some patients visit dialysis centres multiple times each week.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Separating and dividing
apheresis
atomize
bifurcate
bifurcation
bisect
dissociable
dissociate
dissociate yourself from something
dissociation
disunion
parcel something out
partible
periodization
periodize
polarize
ungraded
unjoined
unmix
unmixable
unmixed

Examples of dialysis

dialysis
Approximately half had a functioning transplant, with the remainder receiving dialysis therapy.
If the nurses or respiratory or dialysis technicians view the ongoing extraordinary care as cruel, this may contribute to the healthcare team dynamics.
Two studies (21;25) reported that home hemodialysis was less disruptive for patients but more disruptive for their families than hospital dialysis.
It assumes all dialysis machines are available for use and none are under repair, kept as spare, or dedicated for high-risk patients.
But who should provide end-of-life care planning with dialysis patients and their families?
This was pumped from a solute reservoir into the glass jacket surrounding the dialysis membrane.
Manipulation of ions must be achieved by dialysis of both cytoplasms via the patch pipettes, and not be toxic to the cells.
These measures, however, frequently do not produce the desired effect and peritoneal dialysis is required, which often has dramatic results.
We also do not know whether the patient's caregivers have explored the possibility of chronic hemo- or peritoneal dialysis with her.
A proportion of these patients prefer to maintain dialysis rather than receive a transplant and lose their connections with other patients and staff.
Sepsis and renal failure that required dialysis complicated the postoperative course.
In the 1960s, this committee was confronted with the task of screening and selecting patients with end-stage disease for chronic intermittent dialysis.
Questionnaires were used to collect details of staff time allocated to dialysis activities.
We interviewed outpatients at an urban dialysis facility using a criterion-based case-finding instrument to assess the rates, clinical correlates, and outcomes of depression.
Of that group, some have poor kidney function and need early dialysis and eventual transplant.
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