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Hemodialysis: Indications, Prescription, Vascular Access, and Clinical Monitoring
Hemodialysis is an extracorporeal kidney replacement therapy that removes accumulated solutes and excess extracellular fluid while correcting selected electrolyte and acid-base abnormalities. Blood is circulated through a dialyzer containing a semipermeable membrane, across which solutes are cleared primarily by diffusion and fluid is removed by ultrafiltration. Although conventional maintenance hemodialysis is often delivered three times…