what is artificial kidney [Hemodialysis]
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Hemodialysis is a procedure where a dialysis machine and a special filter called an artificial kidney, or a dialyzer, are used to clean your blood. To get your blood into the dialyzer, the doctor needs to make an access, or entrance, into your blood vessels. This is done with minor surgery, usually to your arm.
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DescriptionArtificial kidney is often a synonym for hemodialysis, but may also, refer to renal replacement therapies that are in use and/or in development. The first successful artificial kidney was developed by Willem Kolff in the Netherlands during the early 1940s. Kolff was the first to construct a working dialyzer in 1943.
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