Haemodialysis is a treatment for people with kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). It's a way to clean the blood when the kidneys can't do it on their own.

Here's how it works:

• Blood is taken from a large vein through a tube called a catheter or through a large blood vessel in the arm called a fistula.
• The blood is pumped through a special machine called a dialyzer.
• The dialyzer removes waste products, such as urea and excess fluids, and helps to balance salts like sodium, potassium and calcium.
• The cleaned blood is then returned to the body.
• The process is usually done in a dialysis center and can take several (often 4) hours, usually 3 times a week.

Haemodialysis is often done in a dialysis center, where patients sit in a comfortable chair or lie down on a bed while the machine does its work.

Haemodialysis is an important treatment for people with ESKD, helping to remove waste products and excess fluids from the blood, and improving overall health and quality of life.We offer over x facilities for convenient out-patient haemodialysis therapy.

SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) offers a full spectrum of haemodialysis (HD) and haemodiafiltration (HDF) therapies, ensuring personalized, high-quality treatment for patients with kidney failure.

Haemodiafiltration (HDF) is a type of dialysis treatment that's similar to haemodialysis (HD), but with some key differences.

Haemodialysis (HD) uses a dialyzer to remove waste products and excess fluids from the blood. Haemodiafiltration (HDF), uses a different type of dialyzer that is designed to remove waste products and excess fluids more effectively and has been associated with improved survival and quality of life.

Here are some key differences between HD and HDF:

• Dialyzer: HDF uses a special type of dialyzer that's designed to remove waste products and excess fluids more effectively, while preserving important proteins and nutrients.
• Replacement fluid: HDF uses a replacement fluid that's added to the dialysate to help remove waste products more effectively but needs extra special water treatment to ensure it is of the highest purity. SKC have invested highly in water treatment and testing to ensure safe HDF therapy.

Overall, HDF is considered a more advanced and effective form of dialysis that can help to improve the overall health and quality of life for people with kidney failure. Choose from one of these centres, click here to view.