How to Use hemodialysis in a Sentence

hemodialysis

noun

• But Hale is finding hemodialysis is what works best for him.
  — Justin Conn, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018
• My company is one of the few that provide hemodialysis systems for use in the home.
  — Leslie Trigg, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• The best form of dialysis for people with PKD is hemodialysis, where a dialysis machine is used to clean your blood.
  — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• There are two types of dialysis — peritoneal and hemodialysis.
  — Justin Conn, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018
• After losing one of his kidneys due to cancer several years ago, Otis, 57, has been forced to depend on at-home hemodialysis four days a week to stay alive.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
• Home hemodialysis requires one to two months of education and training for both the patient and, usually, a care partner.
  — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• Luker Dong, a resident in Pudong, said that his 73-year-old father suffered from uremia — a buildup of toxins in the blood — that required him to get hemodialysis at a hospital three times a week.
  — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• For years, water from the couple's tap was piped into Otis' hemodialysis machine that filters and warms the water, then mixes it into a dialysate that filters the longtime EMT driver's blood.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
• Use of a central venous catheter for hemodialysis conferred a six-times-higher risk for S. aureus bloodstream infection compared to use of a port in the arm known as a fistula, the researchers found.
  — Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
• The HAVs are in clinical trials for hemodialysis access in end-stage kidney failure patients.
  — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2019
• There are two types: hemodialysis, which Medline Plus describes as an artificial kidney machine, and peritoneal dialysis, which uses the lining of the abdomen to filter the blood.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2020
• Traditional hemodialysis uses a machine to take over the kidneys’ job, taking blood out of the body, filtering it and diluting out the toxins against large amounts of fluids that approximate blood plasma.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Feb. 2022
• Cabrera witnessed the physical toll of hemodialysis when her grandmother was treated 10 years ago and called it a traumatic experience.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2022
• Kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is commonly managed with hemodialysis, a treatment that removes waste products and excess fluids from the blood.
  — Leslie Trigg, Fortune, 17 May 2022
• People generally live longer and have a better quality of life with peritoneal dialysis compared with hemodialysis.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Feb. 2022
• For patients experiencing conditions like kidney failure, treatments such as hemodialysis or dialysis can filter toxins from the blood when the kidneys can no longer keep a person healthy.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2023
• Lionel was named to head Good Samaritan’s hemodialysis unit, treating patients suffering from kidney failure.
  — Don Bedwell, Cincinnati.com, 20 Jan. 2020
• Her team called for research to help minimize central venous catheters use, address possible barriers to use of safer routes for hemodialysis access, and improve education of patients and healthcare providers.
  — Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Jimmy received both types of dialysis — hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis — before getting a new kidney.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2022
• Some patients can be helped by an innovative calcimimetic that is delivered intravenously as part of their hemodialysis treatment.
  — Grace-Marie Turner, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• Most Americans in need of treatment do so through an uncomfortable procedure known as hemodialysis, which typically requires patients to sit for hours at a clinic multiple times a week as a machine filters toxins from their blood.
  — Robert Gebelhoff, Twin Cities, 14 July 2019
• Experts say home dialysis would encourage longer and more frequent treatments, which research has shown yields better outcomes than going to an outpatient dialysis clinic, where hemodialysis is commonly done three times a week.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 17 July 2019
• One piece of this complex puzzle is ongoing enhancements to Medicare reimbursement models that have historically encouraged in-center hemodialysis as the default treatment for patients beginning dialysis.
  — Leslie Trigg, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024