By: Raphael Chang (3) Yeo Kee Xuan (25) Yap Jian Shern
Process of removing blood from a patient whose kidney is not functioning properly. Purifies the blood and then returns it to the patient’s bloodstream. Acts as a kidney.
Two different ways. Hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Hemodialysis Blood drawn from the patient into a tube which is connected to the machine. Tube = semi-permeable membrane. The machine Second fluid (dialysate) flowing on the other side of the semi-permeable membrane. Fluid has more or less the same chemical makeup as our blood; save that it has no cells and no waste substances.
Peritoneal dialysis Dialysate is introduced through a permanent tube that has been implanted in the body of the patient. Substances move from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration when suspended in water. The urea and other waste substances in the blood will diffuse through the semi-permeable membrane and flow into the dialysate. If the concentration of molecules in medium A is higher than medium B, and they are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, it is more likely that those in medium A will diffuse through the membrane than those in medium B because there are more of them.
They will not be removed. Cells in the blood are unable to pass through the semi-permeable membrane. Various cells in the blood are too large to pass through the pores in the membrane.