- Artificial kidney is a membrane separation device that serves as mass exchanger during clinical use.
- Artificial kidney is different from natural kidney as the process of Reabsorption does not occur in Artificial kidney.
- Normally, in a healthy adult, the initial filtrate in the kidneys is about 180 L daily. However, the volume actually excreted is only 1-1.8 liter a day. This happens because the remaining filtrate is reabsorbed in the tubules of the kidney
- Artificial kidney unable to perform any metabolic functions and selective reabsorption of a normal kidney.
- Therefore, it cannot correct abnormalities resulting from the loss of kidney function.
- Artificial kidney can only substitute kidney in the transfer of waste substances from blood to be eliminated from the body
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