Dialysis

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	620124
Registration status:	Health, Standard 03/11/2016
Definition:	An artificial method of removing waste products and water from the blood as well as regulating levels of circulating chemicals. There are two main forms of dialysis: haemodialysis, which occurs outside the body via a machine; and peritoneal dialysis, which occurs inside the patient's body via the lining of the abdominal cavity.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015. Chronic kidney disease definitions. Viewed 30 September 2015, <http://www.aihw.gov.au/ckd/definitions/>.
Relational attributes
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