Portable Kidney Machines

Abstract: Renal failure is a term to describe a situation when the kidneys fail to work. This may be a permanent or temporary failure. When the kidneys fail, Wastes begin to accumulate in the blood (uremia)As homeostasis is upset within the body, other organs can also begin to shut down – heart, liver, etc. The end result of renal failure is usually death unless the blood is filtered by some other means. The ideal intervention is to replace the failed kidneys with a donor kidney (STSE).While a person waits for a donor kidney, they usually have to undergo dialysis, a method where their blood is filtered and cleaned on a regular basis using machines. This paper gives a brief review about home dialysis machines.

Keywords: uremia, homeostasis, dialysate, British Pharmacopoeia.