GAMBRO DIALYSYS MACHINE

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Dialysis is a method of treatment which replicates the function of the kidneys are failing when. In healthy individuals, the kidneys work to filter and remove debris from production, excess fluid, salts and toxins from the blood.
However, in instances of renal failure, this mechanism fails and individuals need to undergo dialysis. Dialysis may be used to treat people with acute or chronic kidney disease.
Duration of dialysis
In individuals with chronic kidney disease, accumulation of urea and other debris production in the blood (uremia) lead to various symptoms such as vomiting, itching, swelling of feet, legs and body, and extreme weakness. If left untreated, the symptoms can be severe uremia and can even lead to death.
In the case of chronic renal failure, the kidneys do not improve and people need dialysis for the rest of their lives, unless they are an appropriate candidate for kidney transplant. Some cases of acute renal disease, however, can be handled and dialysis may only be required at short notice.
Types of dialysis
There are two types of dialysis include:
hemodialysis
This is the classic form of dialysis where blood is taken through a tube on a dialysis machine containing a semi-permeable membrane. Inside the machine, the blood is filtered through the membrane to remove excess water, debris and toxins production before being passed back into the body.
Each dialysis session can last for around four hours and needs a week to run three times.
Peritoneal dialysis
With this type of dialysis, peritoneal lining of the abdominal cavity is used as the membrane through which the blood is passed to filter out substances. A catheter is attached to the abdomen and dialysis fluid (dialysate) is pumped into the peritoneal cavity. There, the dialysate sits and absorbs the waste of passing blood before being washed. The process usually needs to be done four times a day with each session lasting around 30-40 minutes.
With the implementation of a portable device that dialyzed patients in his own bed, the Regional Hospital of Cacoal (HRC) has facilitated the treatment of patients with acute renal failure.
Before, patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units of the HRC needed to be forwarded to the Clinical Dialysis Cacoal or were removed for UTIs in Porto Velho and Vilhena, who have the device.
Installed on March 20, the dialysis machine is used only in patients admitted to ICUs and have developed some type of acute renal complication, requiring rapid intervention.
The HRC currently has two intensive care units, totaling 18 beds in ICU and they have developed some kind of acute renal complication, requiring rapid intervention.
4 - DIEGO NEVESThe HRC currently has two intensive care units, totaling 18 beds for adult ICUs.
According to the nurse coordinator of ICUs Diego Neves, in most patients a dialysis session per day is performed. Patients are monitored daily by nephrologists and staff of ICUs that determine the necessity or not of dialysis.