In this procedure, patients are connected to a dialysis machine which acts as an artificial kidney to remove most of the urea and restore/maintain the water and ion balance of the blood.

Lisa Parker never thought she’d be living her life around dialysis treatments. Diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease without ...

They said this would move kidney patients closer to normal function. Dialysis is a procedure to remove waste products and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys stop working properly.

AKI - the other main type of kidney disease - can be caused by dehydration, blood loss, urinary tract obstructions such as ...

Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Kidney failure, or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), occurs when the kidneys are no ...