Dialysis - See what the doctor sees with Map of Medicine
- Introduction
- Why dialysis is necessary
- When dialysis is carried out
- How haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are performed
- Advantages and disadvantages of the different types of dialysis
- Side effects of dialysis
- Dialysis results
- Paul's story
- See what the doctor sees with Map of Medicine
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Map of Medicine: renal replacement therapy
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