Get Outpatient Dialysis Event

Outpatient dialysis means dialysis which is regularly furnished on an outpatient basis to an ESRD patient in a renal dial- ysis center, hospital−based renal dialysis facility or a free−stand- ing renal dialysis facility.

Hemodialysis is ongoing dialysis (3 to 5 times a week) that cleans your blood, usually in a dialysis center. The hemodialysis access is in your arm. Peritoneal dialysis is ongoing dialysis (daily) that collects waste from the blood by washing the empty space in the abdomen (peritoneal cavity). It can be done from home.

In the past, dialysis access procedures were performed in a hospital, but today, these procedures, including access creation, can be safely performed in a convenient outpatient environment. Read on to learn more about the outpatient dialysis access treatment setting.

In the past, dialysis access procedures were performed in a hospital, but today, these procedures, including access creation, can be safely performed in a convenient outpatient environment. Read on to learn more about the outpatient dialysis access treatment setting.

You may have treatment in a hospital or in a separate dialysis center. You will have about 3 treatments a week. Treatment takes about 3 to 4 hours each time. You will have set appointments for your treatments.

If you're developing end-stage renal disease, you may be treated in an outpatient dialysis center, which offers both in-center and at-home training for dialysis.

A single treatment lasts about four hours and happens about three times per week. Most Dialysis Patients Receive Treatment in Clinics. Most people with kidney failure receive dialysis at chronic dialysis clinics (clinics), although some may receive dialysis at hospitals or in their own homes.

The dialysate potassium concentration utilized depends on the patient's predialysis potassium concentration. The “rule of 7's” is a basic approach where the potassium level of the patient plus the dialysate potassium concentration should equal approximately 7.