class 7
A boy's father was hospitalized for certain medical procedure involving removal of metabolic waste from the blood.
a) what is the term uesd for such procedure.
b) what could be the possible reason for it?
c) what will happen, if his father is denied the above medical treatment?
Answers
Answer:
a) The procedure is call hemodialysis.
b) One possible reason is if his father's kidneys are failing rapidly.
c) His father may die if the metabolic wastes continue to accumulate.
Explanation:
Hemodialysis is the use of a dialysis machine to remove metabolic wastes from one's body. Most of the hemodialysis procedures are done in the outpatient basis where patients with chronic kidney failure get their dialysis, usually 3 times per week. However, if a person is having acute kidney injury, meaning that the kidney function is declining rapidly, he or she may need to be hospitalized for acute hemodialysis. Sometimes it is done for a very high potassium level in the blood called hyperkalemia because a very high potassium level can be lethal.