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Chronic Kidney Disease (Signs (Polyneuropathy: weakness, pins and needles,…

- - - - Waste from patient circulation moves via diffusion into the dialysis fluid, water follows via osmosis
      - Peritoneum is semi permeable membrane
      - Involves infusing sugar solution into the abdomen which draws off toxins
      - Requires catheter to be inserted into abdomen
      - 6000 patients in the Uk receive this
    - - New kidneys are placed lower than diseased kidneys which are not removed
      - Complications: infection, thrombosis, rejection, not working
      - Patient is immunosuppressed
      - Blood from patient is mixed with donor lymph nodes to see if a reaction occurs - called a cross match
    - - 3 times a week for 4 hours each time
      - Access to blood supply is done via an AV fistula
      - 24,000 people in the UK receive this
      - Blood is thinned with heparin and is fed through dialysiser to be filtered and then back to the patient