Question

What is meant by dialysis? what type of patients are put on dialysis?

Answer 1

Dialysis is a process in which artificial filtration of blood takes place by connecting a dialysis machine to your body and filtering blood of its waste constituents.Patients who have both their Kidneys damaged or failed to work properly are put on Dialysis.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Dialysis is the artificial process of eliminating waste (diffusion) and unwanted water (ultrafiltration) from the blood. Our kidneys do this naturally. Some people, however, may have failed or damaged kidneys which cannot carry out the function properly - they may need dialysis.