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Renal Replacement Therapy: Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis, with Animation - Medical Information Illustrated

Renal Replacement Therapy: Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis, with Animation - Medical Information Illustrated

Dialysis is a therapy that artificially removes wastes from the blood of patients whose kidneys can no longer perform this function adequately. There are two main types of dialysis: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.  In hemodialysis, blood is filtered outside the body, in a dialysis machine.    

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