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Need Information About Artificial Kidney

my aunt both kidney not working doctor is telling to change i dont have donner for that but doctor has suggested that in bangalore or somewhere in india artificial kidney is available and its cost is around 2.5lac is this right if yes please give me hospital name and full address for artificial kidney transparent
Mon, 21 Jul 2014
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HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC.GOING BY YOUR AUNT'S CLINICAL HISTORY,I WOULD CONCLUDE THAT SHE HAS BILATERAL RENAL SHUT DOWN .SHE IS NOW IN NEED FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU 'ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY' IS A TERM USED "RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY-RRT'. THIS 'RRT" EXCLUDES KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION PROCEDURE.SO IT MAINLY INCLUDES TREATMENTS LIKE-HEMODIALYSIS,PERITONEAL DIALYSIS,HEMOFILTERATION,CONTINOUS RENO-RENAL TRANSFUSION.HEMODIALYSIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PROCEDURE OF ALL.IT INVOLVES PASSAGE OF PATIENT'S BLOOD THROUGH A HEPARINISED CHAMBER,WHERE BLOOD IS REMOVED OF ALL ITS NITROGENOUS WASTES..AND RETURNED BACK TO CIRCULATION.IT IS AN EFFECTIVE SUBSTITUTE FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT ON INTERIM MEASURES.SIDE EFFECTS CAN BE FEW.IT INVOLVES CREATION OF PERMANENT FISTUALIZATION PROCEDURE ON THE UPPER LIMB.CONSULT YOUR EXPERT NEPHROLOGIST IN CASE OF FURTHER QUERIES.
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
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Need Information About Artificial Kidney

HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC.GOING BY YOUR AUNT S CLINICAL HISTORY,I WOULD CONCLUDE THAT SHE HAS BILATERAL RENAL SHUT DOWN .SHE IS NOW IN NEED FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY IS A TERM USED RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY-RRT . THIS RRT EXCLUDES KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION PROCEDURE.SO IT MAINLY INCLUDES TREATMENTS LIKE-HEMODIALYSIS,PERITONEAL DIALYSIS,HEMOFILTERATION,CONTINOUS RENO-RENAL TRANSFUSION.HEMODIALYSIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PROCEDURE OF ALL.IT INVOLVES PASSAGE OF PATIENT S BLOOD THROUGH A HEPARINISED CHAMBER,WHERE BLOOD IS REMOVED OF ALL ITS NITROGENOUS WASTES..AND RETURNED BACK TO CIRCULATION.IT IS AN EFFECTIVE SUBSTITUTE FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT ON INTERIM MEASURES.SIDE EFFECTS CAN BE FEW.IT INVOLVES CREATION OF PERMANENT FISTUALIZATION PROCEDURE ON THE UPPER LIMB.CONSULT YOUR EXPERT NEPHROLOGIST IN CASE OF FURTHER QUERIES. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.