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This article is about renal dialysis; for the laboratory technique, see dialysis (biochemistry); for the treatment for liver failure, see liver dialysis. In medicine, dialysis is a type of renal replacement therapy which is used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function due to renal failure. It is a life support treatment and does not treat any kidney diseases. Dialysis may be used for very sick patients who have suddenly lost their kidney function (acute renal failur ...
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Dialysis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
Resources
- Amyloidosis and Kidney Disease (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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