The dialysis service is provided to all those patients who have kidney failure or pathologies related to the chronic type of apparatus. In the final stages of the disease kidney transplantation proves to be an optimal solution, even if an operation of this kind is not always possible, and it is therefore absolutely necessary to resort to dialysis services.
The therapy in question respects the principles of passive diffusion of solutes and ultrafiltration of fluids, carrying out the function that naturally should be performed by the kidneys.
The patient's blood flows through a dialysis membrane with pores of different sizes, which allow the passage of red blood cells and proteins.