How to Use dialysis in a Sentence

dialysis

noun
  • In some situations, this could be as early as the first month of dialysis.
    Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Five years ago, an illness put him on dialysis; three years ago, one landed him in the hospital for two weeks.
    Monica Potts, The New Republic, 17 June 2021
  • On Thursday, hospitals said they may be forced to stop kidney dialysis treatment as of next week.
    Zeina Karam, Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
  • Willie Lathon had been receiving dialysis treatments for two years and spent much of that time in a hospital.
    Clare Proctor, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2021
  • But his mother — who was suffering from kidney disease and was on dialysis — wanted something better for him.
    Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 10 June 2021
  • For this reason, people who already have chronic kidney disease but aren’t on dialysis are often advised to keep their protein intake relatively low.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Despite undergoing kidney dialysis treatments three to four times a week for the past seven years, Parker remained prolific until the end of his life.
    Adrian Spinelli, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
  • A year later, Penny became aware of another man on dialysis looking for a kidney: the father of one of Harmony’s classmates.
    Ben Arthur, USA TODAY, 31 May 2021
  • Inoculation was easier because the dialysis treatment was already built in to patients' schedules.
    Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 14 June 2021
  • The surgery was needed to insert a catheter in his neck for dialysis.
    Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The 60-year-old has also been on dialysis for six years.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Okojie said some players went to the ICU and that some were on dialysis.
    Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Her 48-year-old patient had skipped the dialysis that kept him alive.
    Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Hugh was on dialysis and badly in need of a transplant.
    Usa Today Network Ventures Staff, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2021
  • His nights at the club were replaced with four-hour-long days of dialysis treatments three times per week.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The woman had come to Centerpoint to get a new port for her dialysis.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2024
  • His wife cheered him on and helped him while on dialysis, along with his sister and daughters.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2022
  • John was on dialysis at the time, and would receive treatment three times a week for at least three hours at a time, the GoFundMe page says.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The girl was one of five children in the dialysis department at the moment of the attack on July 8.
    Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 26 July 2024
  • Gaither goes for dialysis at least three times a week on Brentwood Road in northeast D.C.
    Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Josh’s right lung collapsed, his kidneys failed and he was put on dialysis.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Three-times-a-week dialysis treatments can only sustain the 53-year-old for so long.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Both needed dialysis to clear the fluid that was clogging their lungs.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The Wales resident started dialysis and was put on a transplant list, but by June 2021, there still wasn't a match.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
  • People who need a heart are on death's door where people who need a kidney have been kept alive via dialysis.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The parent of a Heath player who was hospitalized said that some players went to the ICU and that some were on dialysis.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • The dialysis industry had to spend more than $80 million to defeat it.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Murray: And these people come to you for the dialysis process on a regular basis.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • Once on dialysis, around half of patients die within five years.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • After an average of three and a half years, the semaglutide group had a 24 percent lower likelihood of having a major kidney disease event—such as needing dialysis or a kidney transplant.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024

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