Is renal replacement therapy the same as dialysis?


Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a therapy that replaces the blood-filtering function of the kidneys. It is used once the kidneys don't seem to be operating well which is termed as renal failure and it includes acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Renal replacement medical aid includes dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis), hemofiltration, and hemodiafiltration, which measure numerous ways of filtration of blood with or with not machines.

Renal replacement medical care related includes kidney transplantation, which is that the final variety of replacement during this, the previous kidney is replaced by a donor's kidney. It’s also utilized in some specific cases of poisoning/overdose when the kidney cannot clear the toxin fast enough. Hemofiltration is a renal replacement therapy that is used in the intensive care setting. Kidney transplantation is pointed out for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).  Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects up to 60% of ICU patients and is associated with mortality rates of between 15 and 60%. Kidney transplantation is pointed out for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Renal replacement therapy is replaced by nonendocrine kidney function in patients with kidney failure.

Different type of renal replacement therapy:

  • ·          Intermittent hemodialysis (IHD)
  • ·          Continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT).
  • ·          Continuous hemofiltration (CHF)
  • ·          Continuous hemodialysis (CHD)
  • ·          Continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF)
  • ·          Intermittent renal replacement therapy (IRRT)
  • ·          Intermittent hemodiafiltration (IHDF) 

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