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What is Dialysis?
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Dialysis is a process that passes blood over a Semi Permeable Membrane and Removes Waste Products from the blood
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When renal dialysis is needed?
Outline 3 conditions. |
1) Emergency situations
2) If there is a need to Remove medications or Toxins from the blood 3) Long Term Renal Failure |
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Desribe one advantage and disadvantage.
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Adv. 1)Prolongs life when the kidneys have failed.
2)Fewer hospital stay Disadv.1)The patient has to remain attached to the machine for many hours at a time, and must remain seated. 2) A sudden drop in blood pressure |
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Compare the process of Renal Dialysis and Kidney.
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Renal Dialysis:
1) Only Passive Transport is used 2) Slow Process ,occurs a few time for patients 3) No Active Reabsorption of useful substances Kidney: 1)Active transport and passive transport is used throughout the nephron 2)Continuous process,very efficient 3)Useful substances are reabsorbed actively by the kidney |
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Why Ben begin to pass urine with blood after he recieve a kick at his back?
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Glomerulus and Bowman's capsule are damaged.Thus,RBCs are filtering across to filtrate to instead of staying in the blood
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What's the use of Heparin?
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It is a Anticoagulant to stop Blood Clotting in the dialysis tubing.
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How's body buffer system maintained during dialysis?
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Using Dialysate to maintaing homeostasis as it is a solution containing the similar concetration of substances in the blood.
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