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List of United States dialysis providers: Abramson Center for Jewish Life; American Renal Associates; American Renal Care; Atlantic Dialysis Management; BMA (BioMedical Applications) Centers for Dialysis Care; Concerto Renal Services; DaVita Inc. Diversified Specialty Institute Holdings, Inc. Dialysis Clinic, Inc; Evergreen Nephrology ...
Dialysis is an imperfect treatment to replace kidney function because it does not correct the compromised endocrine functions of the kidney. Dialysis treatments replace some of these functions through diffusion (waste removal) and ultrafiltration (fluid removal). [6] Dialysis uses highly purified (also known as "ultrapure") water. [7]
The organization's 727-member staff provided 284,511 treatments in 2019, about a quarter of all dialysis treatments in the state. [5] Northwest Kidney Centers operates the oldest home dialysis program in the United States, currently training 275 people to give themselves dialysis at home. [6]
Hemodialysis, also spelled haemodialysis, or simply dialysis, is a process of filtering the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products such as creatinine and urea and free water from the blood when the kidneys are in a state of kidney failure.
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DaVita Inc. provides kidney dialysis services through a network of 2,675 outpatient centers in the United States, serving 200,800 patients, and 367 outpatient centers in 11 other countries serving 49,400 patients.
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