dialyzer
Artificial kidney component
A dialyzer is the filtering device in a dialysis machine—the artificial kidney that removes waste products and excess fluid from blood when a patient's kidneys cannot.
Blood passes through the dialyzer's semipermeable membrane, which allows toxins to pass out while retaining blood cells: The nurse connected him to a new dialyzer.
Thin tissue sheet
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- semipermeableAllowing partial passage
- poreTiny dermal opening
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
solute · selectivity · concentration gradient · osmosis · sieve · flux · clearance · convection
Permeable tube for separation
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- headerTop line of document
- pottingPlacing in soil vessels
inlet · outlet · sterilization · quality control · pressure drop · compliance · module · bundle
Blood-filtering organ
- nephrologyKidney disease medicine
- uremiaBlood toxicity from renal failure
- creatinineMuscular metabolism waste compound
- ureaNitrogenous metabolic waste compound
electrolytes · potassium · phosphorus · waste products · anemia · nephron · chronic kidney disease
Solution for blood filtration
- blood pumpOrgan circulating life fluid
- fistulaAberrant anatomical channel
- graftIllicit political gain
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
anticoagulant · heparin · arterial line · priming · reuse · single-use · adequacy · recirculation
membrane
Thin tissue sheet
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- semipermeableAllowing partial passage
- poreTiny dermal opening
diffusion · solute · selectivity · concentration gradient · osmosis · sieve · flux · clearance · convection · adsorption
hollow fiber
Permeable tube for separation
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- headerTop line of document
potting · inlet · outlet · sterilization · quality control · pressure drop · compliance · module · bundle · seal
kidney
Blood-filtering organ
- nephrologyKidney disease medicine
- uremiaBlood toxicity from renal failure
- creatinineMuscular metabolism waste compound
urea · electrolytes · potassium · phosphorus · waste products · anemia · nephron · chronic kidney disease
dialysate
Solution for blood filtration
- blood pumpOrgan circulating life fluid
- fistulaAberrant anatomical channel
- graftIllicit political gain
catheter · anticoagulant · heparin · arterial line · priming · reuse · single-use · adequacy · recirculation · clotting
- kidneyskidney, nephron, nephrons, glomerulus, glomeruli
- Dialysisdialysate, blood pump, nephrologist, bloodlines, arterial line
- Kidney Diseasechronic kidney disease, kidney failure, renal failure, kidney damage, kidney function
- Blood Therapiesblood transfusion, transfusion, plasma therapy, packed cells, apheresis